You are walking through a mixed evergreen-deciduous forest, where approximately 10 percent of the trees are eastern hemlocks, a species of evergreen tree that casts very deep shade on the forest understory. Interestingly, under every eastern hemlock, you find the same small herbaceous plant species. However, you never observe this species anywhere else, even though a healthy diversity of other species live throughout the forest understory. You expect the small herbaceous species to have growth, sexual maturity, energy expended on seeds, and reproduction. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. Answer choices fast; early; high; no vegetative slow; late; low; vegetative slow; early; low; vegetative fast; early; low; vegetative slow; late; high; no vegetative