Some plants actually thrive in soils that most plants find challenging. One example is the California redbud which grows on serpentine soil (a soil type high in toxic magnesium and nickel but low in calcium). Some of these species even need to be grown in the unusual soils to survive. Others can tolerate more standard soil conditions. If you wanted to grow some of these unusual plants in their native soil, what is one risk to you as the gardener? How does tolerance to such (normally toxic) soil help the plant?
Some plants actually thrive in soils that most plants find challenging. One example is the California redbud which grows on serpentine soil (a soil type high in toxic magnesium and nickel but low in calcium). Some of these species even need to be grown in the unusual soils to survive. Others can tolerate more standard soil conditions. If you wanted to grow some of these unusual plants in their native soil, what is one risk to you as the gardener? How does tolerance to such (normally toxic) soil help the plant?
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Some plants actually thrive in soils that most plants find challenging. One example is the California redbud which grows on serpentine soil (a soil type high in toxic magnesium and nickel but low in calcium). Some of these species even need to be grown in the unusual soils to survive. Others can tolerate more standard soil conditions.
If you wanted to grow some of these unusual plants in their native soil, what is one risk to you as the gardener?
How does tolerance to such (normally toxic) soil help the plant?
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