Are plants intelligent? It depends on the definition
Goldenrod can perceive other plant nearby without ever disturb them , by sensing far - flushed spark ratios reflected off farewell . When goldenrod is consume by herbivores , it accommodate its answer based on whether or not another plant is nearby . Is this kind of flexible , real - sentence , adaptive reception a foretoken of intelligence in plant life ? The question is not easy to respond , but Andre Kessler , a chemical ecologist , makes an argument for plant intelligence in a late paper in the journal Plant Signaling and Behavior ....