This biodiversity short looks at examples of specialised features used by plants to survive extreme environments and environmental pressures.
Learn how plants adapt to some of the world’s most extreme and contrasting environments in this engaging introduction to plant evolution and specialisation. From waterlogged tropical forests to parched deserts and nutrient-poor bogs, plants have evolved an extraordinary variety of strategies to survive and thrive in the habitats they call home.
This webinar will explore how environmental pressures shape plant form and function, revealing the fascinating ways plants solve the challenges of heat, drought, flooding, and nutrient scarcity. By looking at a diverse range of examples, you’ll gain a deeper appreciation of how evolution drives the incredible variety we see in the plant kingdom.
Featuring remarkable species such as the Giant Amazon Water Lily, desert cacti, African aloes, and carnivorous plants, you’ll discover how each is uniquely adapted to its environment and what these adaptations can teach us about plant survival.
What you’ll learn
By exploring plants from a variety of global habitats, we will focus on the different ways species adapt to their surroundings. Through clear examples, you’ll see how structure, physiology, and growth strategies are shaped by environmental conditions.
This webinar will cover:
- A brief introduction to plant adaptation and evolution in response to habitat
- Examples of plant life in tropical rainforests, including large-leaved and aquatic species
- Adaptations of desert plants, such as cacti and aloes, to cope with drought and heat
- How plants survive in nutrient-poor environments like bogs, including carnivorous species
- The relationship between environmental pressures and the development of specialised plant forms
