New research has found that plants, much like a growing child, have the ability to learn from experience. Plants may lack brains and neural tissues, but what they do possess, is a sophisticated calcium-based signaling network in their cells similar to animals’ memory processes. It allows plants to “learn” a behavior, and even remember it as well. The science on this is all rather new, so we’ll let the experts tell you more about the hidden intelligence of plants.
Did you know plants can learn from experience?
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