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Take a break from your screen and look at plants − botanizing is a great way to engage with life around you

  • Written by Jacob S. Suissa, Assistant Professor of Plant Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
Take a break from your screen and look at plants − botanizing is a great way to engage with life around youYou may be surprised by what's growing on a familiar trail.Benjamin Goulet-Scott, CC BY-ND

When you hear about the abundance of life on Earth, what do you picture? For many people, it’s animals – but awareness of plant diversity is growing rapidly.

Our planet has nearly 300,000 species of flowering plants. Among animals, only beetles can...

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