Van Gonzalez

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The remarkable thing about vernalization is that it means plants remember. The term undisputedly applies; plants use information stored about the past to make decisions for the future. This isn’t a singular example. Plants take note of the length of a day and the position of the sun. Cornish mallow, a pink-flowered plant, will turn its leaves hours before sunrise to face the horizon in exactly the direction it expects the sun to rise.
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
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