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This is a photograph of a maritime forest on the coast of South Carolina. Notice the Spanish moss hanging from the tree branches. Spanish moss is a ___________ and the oak tree is its host.

A) predator


B) parasite


C) producer
Eliminate

D) disease agent

User Dmackerman
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Answer:

For usatestprep it is B commensalism

Step-by-step explanation:

ik becuase i am doing it and the person on top of me is wrong so dont lisen to that

User Jacob Valenta
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Because the tree is called the host, and the moss is living off of the tree, that makes the moss a parasite.

For a each parasite, it must have a host that provides food and nutrients for it. Or else the parasite cannot survive.
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