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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Most of the plant and bird species in Oahu, Hawaii, are non-native.
• In a 2019 study, researchers wanted to know what role non-native birds play in dispersing plant seeds in Oahu.
• Researchers catalogued plant seeds found in fecal samples from non-native birds.
• Touchardia latifolia, a flowering shrub, was one of fifteen native species catalogued.
• Hedychium gardnerianum, an herbaceous vine, was one of twenty-nine non-native species catalogued.
• Researchers concluded that non-native birds play a vital role in dispersing the seeds of native and non-native plants.

The student wants to contrast the two plants. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

In Oahu, Hawaii, seeds from Touchardia latifolia and Hedychium gardnerianum plants were found in the fecal samples of non-native birds.

B

The plants Touchardia latifolia and Hedychium gardnerianum can be found in Oahu, Hawaii.

C

Touchardia latifolia, a species of shrub, is native to Oahu, Hawaii, but Hedychium gardnerianum, a species of vine, is not.

D

Most plant species found in Oahu, Hawaii, like Hedychium gardnerianum, are non-native.