Plants will either grow in some radioactive chernobyl concrete, or die if there's 2mm more of rainfall than usual, no in between
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It's because of domestication and growing plants outside of their natural habitat that they get sensitive. Also, apparently some sensitivity is by design:
Modern roses emerged in 1867 with the development of the first hybrid tea, according to the American Rose Society. These varieties tend to have a reputation for being fussy, requiring constant attention.
“The conception is that they’re not tough, that they require spraying, that you have to have the perfect culture. And a lot of that has been breeding; to breed these perfect flowers, but they bred out characteristics that made the rose easy to grow in our backyards,”
(From the OP's article)
Bunch of the plants in Australia rely on bushfires to survive and reproduce.
Edit: And when I say "bushfire" I don't mean US wildfires. There's trees evolved to be extremely flammable that create huge fire fronts that start their own local extreme weather conditions and suck all the oxygen out of the air. Lightning on a storm is common enough, firenados are a thing too.
Fun history fact, australia gave a bunch of those trees to the us as a gift and no one thought to mention that they "explode" lol
Classic aussie larrikin stuff that is haha
Many countries got them, I've seen them in Spain too. Eucalyptus is an absolute S grade salinity fighter pew pew
I'm really disappointed in the fact that there's never been a carnivorous plant large enough to eat humans right now.
I was going to make a joke about it being Australian and even the plants trying to kill you.
Ah well. There's always jokes about the Quoka Mafia plotting world domination.
Google the Gympie-gympie tree. It won't eat you, but it can kill you, and it will hurt the whole time you are dying!
Given what it does, it eating you might be considered more humane! But no, is the fuck you, I just want to cause pain tree.
Hmmm.
and I thought my friend accidentally using poison ivy as toilet paper was too painful to be funny. (we were on a canoe trip and he jumped off to take a shit, only he forgot the TP, so he grabbed the nearest bunch of plants. Ooops.) (it was awful.) (it only became hilarious after he didn't die.)
"Where am I from? no where in particular."
"you just blew in on the wind, huh?"
"Exactly. You get it."
Botany can be so cool