alleryStart learning →A strangler fig starts on a tree branch. What happens later?
AIt helps the host grow
BIt kills the host tree
CIt stays tiny forever
DIt turns into a fungus
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. It kills the host tree
It begins as an epiphyte, then sets its own roots and overpowers and kills its host.
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