Im not an expert, but just like any other parasite that takes nutrients from its host; if the parasite is large enough, or consumes enough nutrients or blood from its victim, that preson or thing will start to become sick or in the worst case scenario, they will die.
Dodder is a parasite, it obtains its food from feeding off other plants, it does not produce its own
saprophytic nutrition which is external.Majorly decaying matter of dead organisms is feed on.
An epiphyte is a Use_the_word_epiphyte_in_a_sentencethat grows on top of or is supported by another plant, but does not depend on it for nutrition, therefore it is not a parasite :)
please use the word epiphyte in a sentence ----- An epiphyte is a plant that grows on top of or is supported by another plant, but does not depend on it for nutrition, therefore it is not a parasite.
Yes, mistletoe (Viscum album) is a hemiparasitic plant, meaning it can photosynthesize but also derives some nutrients from the host plant it attaches to. It obtains water and minerals through structures called haustoria that penetrate the host plant's tissues.
Plants which lack nutrition do not grow as well (or in a more extreme case, do not grow at all).
Orobanchae is a total root parasite plant without chlorophyll and it is fleshy in nature.
When a plant dies, that nutrition is locked up within the plant's cells
No. Deer would be more like a "predator" to a plant, not a parasite.
Rafflesia is an autotrophic plant that exhibits a heterotrophic mode of nutrition by parasitizing on the roots of other plants. Cuscuta, also known as dodder, is another autotrophic plant that obtains nutrients by parasitizing the vascular systems of host plants.
they are used by the plant as energy and nutrition.
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