Of the following, ________ would be most vulnerable to extinction

A) a healthy plant, such as a pine tree, that completely dominates its native environment
B) a moth, brought to the United States for silk production, escaping into the wild and becoming established
C) a mold that attacks corn in the field
D) a migratory flock of warblers stopping along its winter route to feed on local resources that are now gone and replaced by a suburb
E) an orchid endemic to a mountaintop forest where logging is occurring


E

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