Small plants attaching to the bark of larger trees benefit from the position on the tree, receiving necessary water and sunlight while giving the tree neither help nor harm. This is an example of…
A) environmental stressors
B) Mycorrhizae
C) habitat fragmentation
D) commensalism
E) none of these choices is correct

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This is an example of commensalism, where one species benefits (small plants) while the other species (larger trees) is neither helped nor harmed.

Small Plants Attaching to the Bark of Larger Trees Benefit