Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. Ezekiel 17:9
---How the complex interactions between plants and
geology keep the world habitable and refreshing can be researched
without the evolutionary storytelling.
The root
problem with botany is evolution, with its philosophical roots embedded
in deep time.
Q: How could a biosphere even exist without plants from the
beginning?"
CEH