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[–] Slatlun@lemmy.ml 69 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Having worked growing native plants for restoration efforts, I can say that this is 100% true. Our focus was on getting plants that will survive without any extra help after being put in the ground, so no fertilizer and limited water. A scraggly leaved plant with good roots would make it where something with lots of soft new growth would get eaten.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Survival of the most barely surviving

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 12 points 2 days ago

Well, that's exactly what evolution optimizes for - the good enoughest of all good enough solutions.