iNaturalist Journal Observation #4 Magnoliophyta
There are so many different plant families. I have over 40 different families documented although they mostly fall under the same Phylum. I only have around 8 different plant phylums. I decided to narrow in on this pattern, and discuss why there are so many different plant families. In contrast, there aren't as many animal families but there are generally a lot of animal phyla. My hypothesis as to why there as so many plant families is because plants are easily pollinated and spread around different environments, and plants need to change in order to adapt to their new environments. Plants change and adapt in order to create better modes of seed dispersal, pollination, and adapt to different habitats. Plants have to adapt or become extinct. This hypothesis can be tested if you research the many different types of plants that have uniquely evolved in starkly differing habitats. It is very easy to also see that plants originate from different regions but still may end up in the same region; documenting plants shows how many unique plant families there really are.
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