Nonnative plant invaders, such as the alfalfa plant bug, are extremely invasive and hard to control because
A. they arrive in new locations where natural predators are not present.
B. they tap into the xylem of a plant while seeking carbohydrates.
C. they cause the plants' axillary buds to grow out.
D. their populations evolve faster than the plants they attack.
E. cause the plants' stomates to become unevenly distributed within the epidermis.
A. they arrive in new locations where natural predators are not present.
Species that are nonnative did not evolve in a particular ecosystem. Therefore, they may lack natural predators.
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