Extremophile plants, however, are unique in that they likely evolved extraordinary and remarkable adaptations which enable development under extreme abiotic stresses, such as: salinity ...

Leigh's study of plant survival mechanisms has taken her to extreme environments worldwide, where she has witnessed a variety of plant adaptations to heat and cold. "Many plant species have ...

Arid, harsh environments are where they thrive ... heat waves or the cumulative effects of multiple extreme summers. With long-lived plants like cacti, the full scope of the problem is often ...

A plant is considered invasive if it is nonnative and its introduction is likely to harm the native environment or cause economic damage. They are generally fast-growing, spread readily (usually by ...

With the exception of a few extreme environments such as deep-sea hot ... sharks are part of complex food webs that trace back to plants, and in the oceans, tiny green algae.

The individual plants, themselves, haven’t seen this level of snowfall and extreme weather, but the populations of these native plants have been here for millennia. They have evolved in this ...