Invasive Plants Evolve Rapidly to Thrive in Their New Homes
Photo credit: / Creative Commons In Australia, a number of introduced plant species have adapted to become more like natives, a new study reveals. A full 70 percent of the 23 species of invasive plants studied showed significant changes in height as well as leaf size and shape. The surprising thing, researchers said, was not that the plants had changed, but that they had made such
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Invasive Plants Evolve Rapidly to Thrive in Their New Homes
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