Interaction among plants

Factors of competition among plants

Water, sunlight, space & nutrients

Competition of getting water

The roots grow deeper into the ground to get water

Competition of getting sunlight

Plants grow taller to get sunlight

Competition of getting space & nutrients

Plants grow alone to get more space & nutrients

Type of interaction between plants

Symbiosis

Types of symbiosis between plants

Commensalism & parasitism

Commensalism

Not harmful to the host tree

Example of commensalism

Staghorn ferns attach themselves on oil palm trees which are higher from them

Parasitism

Parts of the host tree will die

Example of parasitism

Loranthus plant grows on the branches of a mango tree to get nutrients & water