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SCI2030 – Introduction to Life Sciences

Botany of Desire: The Missing Chapter Writing Assignment

Writing Assignment (1 – 2 pgs)

This week we have been discussing biological interactions and how they affect individuals and species. In the documentary Botany of Desire, Pollan suggests that many plant species have interacted and exploited humans and their abilities to distribute and, ultimately, benefits themselves. These benefits include nearly worldwide distribution and increased flower, seed and chemical defense production. In short, he proposes that these plants have used humans to this end by providing humans with benefits along the way.

Although he provides much evidence for this notion for four plants, the tulip, potato, marijuana, and the apple, many other plants fit this arrangement very nicely. Your challenge is the write another chapter to Pollan’s book. Please pick another plant species/group that have exploited humans for their advantage. This does not mean that humans could not have benefited from the relationship, quite the contrary, but there must be a clear advantage gained by the plant.

Please provide support for your choice of species. You may want to include how the plant’s habitat has become wider, how it now produces more seeds or flowers, or has become larger and more competitive because of the fostered human relationship.