Interaction among Plants

Interaction among plants

4.2

Interaction among plants

Plants also interact to obtain their basic needs to keep alive. Usually small trees will ride on top of larger and taller trees to get water and sunlight.

Symbiosis among plants is the interactions between different plants in a habitat

Factors of competition among plants are:

Water
Sunlight
Space
Nutrients

Types of Interaction Among Plants

Commensalism

Bird's nest fern
Dove orchid

Bird's nest fern and dove orchid live on other plants to get sunlight to carry out photosynthesis

Parasitism

Rafflesia
Mistletoe plant

Plant will latch on to a host plant to get nutrients and water. The host plant will lose food nutrition and it will cause the host plant to die

Interaction among plants

4.2

Interaction among plants

Plants also interact to obtain their basic needs to keep alive. Usually small trees will ride on top of larger and taller trees to get water and sunlight.

Symbiosis among plants is the interactions between different plants in a habitat

Factors of competition among plants are:

Water
Sunlight
Space
Nutrients

Types of Interaction Among Plants

Commensalism

Bird's nest fern
Dove orchid

Bird's nest fern and dove orchid live on other plants to get sunlight to carry out photosynthesis

Parasitism

Rafflesia
Mistletoe plant

Plant will latch on to a host plant to get nutrients and water. The host plant will lose food nutrition and it will cause the host plant to die

Interaction among plants

Interaction among plants

Chapter : Interaction Among Living Things

Topic : Interaction among Plants

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