Given the discussion thus far of commensalism and parasitism, would parasitism be an accurate way to describe the relationship between the strangler fig and the cypress tree?

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Answer:

Yes, when two root tendrils from a strangler fig touch, they fuse together. Because the roots wrap around the trunk of the host tree, they overlap a lot and eventually form a mesh that completely encircles the host.

The “host” being a cypress tree.

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