While conducting a plant diversity survey in a temperate rainforest in Washington State,you come across a number of individuals of a low-lying plant species.Back at the lab,tests indicate that the majority of the plant material is haploid.The plant you discovered is likely most closely related to
A)complex streptophyte algae
B)Sphagnum moss
C)Lycophytes
D)Conifers
E)Daisies

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Haploid plants are indicative of mosses, which are non-vascular plants that reproduce via spores. Sphagnum moss is a common plant found in temperate rainforests, making it the closest related species to the haploid plants found during the survey.

While Conducting a Plant Diversity Survey in a Temperate Rainforest