Kudzu is a nonnative leafy vine that grows rapidly on and over native plants. kudzu competes with native species for sunlight by smothering them. if kudzu enters the community shown here, what is most likely to happen?

I would say D) A decline or local extinction of the native fern species. This is because, if the kudzu grew over the ferns it would end up killing them, and because kudzu grows so fast it ferns stand a lesser chance of living.