Plants don't need sap. Plants produce sap and attract bugs.
Answer:
it's the regolith
hope this helps you
C Horizon - Also called regolith: the layer beneath the B Horizon and above the R Horizon. It consists of slightly broken-up bedrock. Plant roots do not penetrate into this layer; very little organic material is found in this layer. R Horizon - The unweathered rock (bedrock) layer that is beneath all the other layers.
It must be made of matter because anything and everything is made up of atoms. The other three options are made of atoms but they are also matter.
Solar- the sun is not always shining, for example at night you can't get any energy from the sun
Wind-it's not always windy
Water- there can be drought
Really the main issue of all three of these is that they are not always available
