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The relationship exhibited by Cuscuta and hedge plant is parasitism. In this interaction, Cuscuta obtains nutrients directly from the hedge plant by producing haustoria and inserting them into the vascular system of the host. Cuscuta is a holoparasite, thus it is completely dependent on the host for all the requirements.

Commensalism: Interaction in which one species benefits and other is neither harmed nor benefited. The species which is benefitted is termed commensal and the other species is called the host. Such a population interaction is represented as (+,0).