• Question: what is you favourite plant ?

    Asked by anon-275022 to Polly on 16 Jan 2021.
    • Photo: Polly Keen

      Polly Keen answered on 16 Jan 2021:

      I like peas! Because they contain lots of protein which is a useful type of molecule to replace plastics!

Comments

  • Photo: Graham

    Graham commented on :

    I like lichen best. Lichen often grows directly on rocks and walls and does not look much like other plants. That’s because it never lives alone but needs to work with a fungus to survive. We call this cooperation symbiosis.

  • Photo: Becky

    Becky commented on :

    I like maize (that’s a bit like sweetcorn) because as well as being really important food source for us to eat, it can also generate a lot of electricity if you digest it in an anaerobic digester

  • Photo: Michael

    Michael commented on :

    I have a soft spot for plants that everytime you eradicate them, they return: buttercups, daisies etc. Hardy and tough plants!
    The local bees seem to like them as well.

  • Photo: Savanna van Mesdag

    Savanna van Mesdag commented on :

    I like mosses and liverworts! Both of these types of plants are very small and grow almost anywhere, often unnoticed by people. They are much more diverse and interesting than many people realise and I’m keen to study and learn more about them during my PhD (4-year research project at a university).