In this model, a small plant grows attached to the bark of a large tree and gains a better position for catching light. The scenario states that the tree is neither helped nor harmed. What is this interaction called?

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One species gains while the other is stated to be unaffected, which matches commensalism exactly. A relationship in which the second species is gradually harmed does not fit, because this scenario states that the tree is neither helped nor harmed.