Did you know that plants also exhibit social behaviors, such as playing and passing down generational information? Stefano Mancuso often shows a video of Sunflower sprouts playing as they grow. A Sunflower that grows on its own without this type of social interaction with other sunflower plants, he explains, cannot be later integrated because it lacks the social skills. You can hear it straight from him in his TED talk, The roots of plant intelligence.
Plants are also recognize their own kind and pass on information and nutrition just to them. If you have three plants near each other and they are of the same species and the same family(meaning they are all parents and children), then they will share 100% of the information about their location, environment, predators, health, etc. If they are the same species, but not the same family, they will only pass on a percentage of information. If they are different species, then they will only pass on information about threats and predators. You can read more about the work of Suzanne Simard in understanding how plant families work in the forest.
Plants are much more "conscious" than most people realize.
Thank you, @yvesoler, for the considerable advice about the social importance of plants, as group of living things in the world.
I read Guidance & Counselling, B. Ed., a course related to Counselling Psychology. That's why, I have more knowledge of the animal world, than the plant world.
But, I believe that, whatever the animals have exhibited for their survival, the plants are bound to have similar tendencies. Because, they will both have to survive through the perils of this world.
But, I believe that the animals, as represented by the human beings, have shown more tendencies of a highly adaptive social and emotional lifestyle, through their rate of advanced development and dominant influence in the world of today.
I really believe that, the plants will have complimentary social and adaptive behaviour, to favour what the animals could have being doing. But, they will ultimately lack the social pressure exhibited by us, as they are lacking in the corresponding social tendencies.
I haven't being able to listen to Stefano Mancuso, about Plant Intelligence, but I will really do that later.
I only replied early, so that I won't delay the conversation.
You have really informed me about the plants.
Thanks again.
I appreciate the reply. Don't worry about the speed; I am also very busy in this period, so take your time.
I have a feeling your thoughts will change once you start learning about the work by Mancuso and Simard and many others. Remember, plants make up 99.7% of our planet. They are among the oldest beings on the planet and have not only survived, they continuously evolve to colonize new environments. Social relationships are the key to their existence. And while you do not think of them as dominant, just look at any sidewalk and watch how plants break through the strongest of concrete when they want to reach a specific location. We can't survive without them, but they will do just fine once we are gone.