5 plants that changed the course of history
According to 50 plants that changed the course of Bill Laws' history, he wrote: "If plants disappeared, we would disappear too. But these plants are so much part of our decor that we hardly pay attention to them. Do we really observe the vegetation that surrounds us when we walk in the forest, or when we drive in front of fragrant lavender plantations, or by train near wheat fields? Did you know that there are 250,000 to 300,000 species of flowering plants?