Spanish Moss Is Not a Moss, but a Flowering Plant

Multiple Choice

Spanish moss is not a moss, but a flowering plant (Tillandsia usneoides) often seen draped from the branches of live oaks, cypress, and other large trees in the southeastern United States. The trees on which it grows provide support but no nutrients or moisture-the plant provides those things for itself, without apparently harming its support tree. This, then, is an example of a:

A) commensalism.
B) antagonism.
C) mutualism.
D) parasitism.
E) competition.