somewhere/whereever

Yes; somewhere is incorrect. Anywhere would work equivalently, however.


By the way, wherever have you been, Pastel? I have missed you.

I'm somewhere in Taipei working like a bee,

I wish I could be Queen that didn't have to flee.

Which does 'higher' describe, wherever or plants?

To me, it describes "plants".

Okay. But what's wrong with 'somewhere'?

PASTEL

Angiosperms inhabit relatively diverse environments and may be found ___ higher plants can survive.

Does 'wherever' sound more correctly than 'somewhere'?

Pastel, this is how I feel it. "Somewhere" means "in some unknown place" (non definite). If you write it in your slot, it would read "... may be fou

Hi, Pieanne!

Angiosperms may be found somewhere in the mountains.

It means that angiosperms can be found at a certain place in the mountains. So, I would think they may be found somewhere higher plants can survive. Somewhere in the woods of the higher plants exists angiosperms.

Angiosperms may be found wherever in the mountains.

It means that they ca

But you have dropped the second part of the sentence.

"X can be found wherever Y grows" is fine; "X can be be found anywhere Y grows" is fine too. It means "X can be found in all the places where Y grows".

"X can be found somewhere Y grows" is not correct.

I think I kind of see it. Thank you, my lighthouse.

Angiosperms inhabit relatively diverse environments and may be found ___ higher plants can survive.

wherever
anywhere
everywhere

These are all possible in the blank. The point of the passage is that angiosperms can be found in all places that it is possible for (evolutionarily) higher plants to grow.