original: the term most commonly refers to higher plants , but epiphytic bacteria , fungi -lrb- epiphytic fungi -rrb- , algae , lichens , mosses , and ferns exist as well .
simplifications: the term most commonly refers to higher plants , but epiphytic bacteria , fungi -lrb- epiphytic fungi -rrb- , algae , lichens , mosses , and ferns exist as well . the term most commonly talks about to higher plants , but epiphytic bacteria , fungi -lrb- epiphytic fungi -rrb- , algae , lichens , mosses , and ferns exist as well . although the word epiphytic is most often used when speaking about higher plant life , there are also epiphytic bacteria , fungi , algae , lichens , mosses and ferns too . the term mostly refers to higher plants , but epiphytic bacteria , fungi -lrb- epiphytic fungi -rrb- , algae , lichens , mosses , and ferns exist as well . the term is commonly refer to higher plants but epiphytic bacteria , fungi , algae , lichens , mosses and ferns exist as well . the term most commonly refers to higher plants , but epiphytic bacteria , fungi -lrb- epiphytic fungi -rrb- , algae , lichens , mosses , and ferns exist as well . the term most commonly refers to higher plants , but epiphytic bacteria , fungi , algae , lichens , mosses and ferns exist as well . the term is most often used for higher plants , but there are epiphytic bacteria , fungi -lrb- epiphytic fungi -rrb- , algae , lichens , mosses , and ferns as well .