alleryStart learning →A strangler fig starts life on a tree. What eventually happens to its host?
AIt grows taller
BIt gets more light
CIt is pollinated
DIt is killed
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. It is killed
The fig begins as an epiphyte, then sets its own roots and overpowers the host tree.
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