It's becoming clear and clearer as people look at different stages of the plant's growth and in
different habitats growing next to other plants that the stressors in the environment can really change the chemistry; because most of the medicinal compounds in the plants are what are called secondary compounds, so they are not things essential to the metabolism of the plant like sugar and water and ATP for energy and DNA.
Not exact matches
Studying worms can also give you an opportunity to talk about composting, which creatures live in
different habitats, and how some creatures help plants
grow!
The mouth has many
different habitats — the nonshedding hard surface of the teeth, the soft, papillate surface of the tongue, the smooth inside of the cheek — and «what
grows on the tongue is very
different from what
grows on the palate or on the teeth,» says Mager.
Because the newly created genetic resource is so broad, representing distantly related rice species that have evolved in
habitats throughout Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia, it enables researchers to zero - in on valuable sequences that have been preserved as the plants adapted to
different growing conditions.
Where else on earth can you swim in more than 100 dune lakes; see rainforest
growing completely in sand; or spot up to 354 bird species in 12
different habitats?