Plants. Intelligent life of our landscapes!

In this essay we will delve into the behavior of plants, one of the main elements that characterize our landscapes. A solid understanding of a landscape cannot exclude a deep knowledge of the plants world and the dynamics that exist between the communities of plants that compose it. The aim is to go beyond the vision of greenery as a mere background and compositional language to consider it, more properly, as the main actor of the landscape, with its needs, its peculiarities and its...intelligence. We will initially make a brief excursus into the remarkable cognitive capacities of plants, and then we will focus on the complex interactions that plants are capable of in order to enhance their survival. We will conclude emphasizing the value of green spaces also for the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems.