In modern urban existence, the complex lives of plants are often re‐duced to simplistic
categories, which resonate with human utility; as Jahren (2016) noted:“Human civilization …

In modern urban existence, the complex lives of plants are often reduced to simple
categories, which resonate with human utility. These categories speak little of the central …

a key question for scientists and educators wishing to take this fast time plant narrative into
the wider world, is how do we tell the story? An example of a physical analogy with …