Suppose a plant had a photosynthetic pigment that absorbed far-red wavelengths of light. In which of the following environments is the plant most likely to thrive?

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Plants with pigments that absorb far-red wavelengths of light are adapted to environments with filtered sunlight, where longer wavelengths prevail due to the filtering effect of the canopy leaves above. The forest floor beneath a canopy of taller plants is such an environment, where the available light is mostly in the far-red spectrum due to the absorption of the shorter wavelengths by the leaves in the canopy.

Suppose a Plant Had a Photosynthetic Pigment That Absorbed Far-Red