Question

Small herbaceous plants that grow on higher plants but do not obtain nourishment from them are called
A. Insectivorous
B. Epiphytes
C. Saprophytes
D. Mycorrhiza

Answer 1

Hint: Herbaceous plants are that type of plants that have no woody stem above ground.
They are classified according to life-cycle classification as
1.Annuals
2.Biennials or perennials.
Native herbaceous species usually colonize on remediated soils with potential use in the phytoremediation of heavy metals.

Complete answer: Herbaceous plants include plants that have an annual, biennial, or perennial life cycle.
Annual herbaceous plants die wholly at the end of the growing season or when they have flowered and ripened fruits and further new plants grow from seed.
New growth develops from living tissues remaining on or under the ground, including roots, a caudex, or various types of underground stems, such as bulbs, corms, stolons, rhizomes, and tubers.
Examples of herbaceous biennials include
1.Carrot
2.Parsnip
3.Common ragwort
Herbaceous perennials include
1.Potato
2.Peony
3.Hosta
4.Mint
5.Most ferns
6.Most grasses.
So in the given options
A.Insectivorous plants - Plants, trap, kill, and digest insects are called insectivorous plants. They mainly grow in nitrogen.
B.Epiphytic - they are those Plants that grow on the branches of big trees for light and shelter.
So, to get the nitrogen they kill and digest the insects.
C.Saprophytic - These types of organisms mainly grow on dead bodies to get their food.
D. Mycorrhiza - It is an association of fungi with roots of higher plants.

So, the correct option is option B.Epiphytic.

Note: Some fairly fast-growing herbaceous plants are pioneers or early-successional species.
Others form the main vegetation of many stable habitats, occurring for example in the ground layer of forests, or in naturally open habitats such as meadow, salt marsh, or desert.