Psst. Hey. Wanna know a secret?
Right now, all around you, plants are gossiping.
In chemical whispers, they're passing notes through underground roots.
Notes about potential predators that linger nearby, or how cool it would be if they all coordinated so an entire orchard ripened in unison.
Plants are also reacting — growing and moving in response to gravity, touch, and light.
Traveling via fuzz and feathers.
And fighting back against those predators I mentioned.
But despite all that action, we humans have a funny way of… not noticing plants at all.
We let them fade into the background, even though they're essential to our survival… and just really freaking cool!
Hi, I'm Alexis, and this is Crash Course Botany — the study of plants, which I've been doing since the first time I laid my little baby hands on a leaf and shoved it into my mouth.
