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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?
In Oahu, Hawaii, seeds from Touchardia latifolia and Hedychium gardnerianum plants were found in the fecal samples of non-native birds.
A
The plants Touchardia latifolia and Hedychium gardnerianum can be found in Oahu, Hawaii.
B
Touchardia latifolia, a species of shrub, is native to Oahu, Hawaii, but Hedychium gardnerianum, a species of vine, is not.
C
Most plant species found in Oahu, Hawaii, like Hedychium gardnerianum, are non-native.
D