What are some strangler fig adaptations?

Answer 1

The strangler fig tree have many adaptations one being that the strangler figs start their lives off as epiphytes, plants that do not root in the soil in their first stages of life, as at the ground level of the rainforest there is little light and a huge amount of competition for water and nutrients meaning that the majority of plants that start off on the ground have to adapt or die. The strangler fig has adapted by using other trees to get itself into the canopy where it is lighter.

Once the strangler fig sprouts roots, it begins to use them to strangle the tree. as well as this it competes with the host tree for nuitrients and water, then the strangler fig has a large growth spurt, and once it begins to grow leaves they are very large and they tend to cover those of the host plant. The Strangler fig uses alot of these adaptations to become able to grow into a strong healthy plant.

Answer 2

with sun rain and the poop that the animals leave behind

Answer 3

the strangler fig has gray branches with tips

Answer 4

It sucks up the nutrients from the tree that it is clinging to and that's how the strangler fig stays alive.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

It uses another tree to get nutrients