As famously quoted by adventurer, Bear Grylls, many life forms have to adapt to their surrounding environment to survive and thrive. The various amazing plant adaptations to their respective ecosystems was my biggest takeaway from my field trip to Singapore Botanic Gardens’ (SBG) Learning Forest and Keppel Discovery Wetlands with my Applied Biogeography class, led by Professor Coffman. I found great joy in identifying different plant adaptations and understanding their purpose! Now whenever I visit parks or my own field site, I keep a keen eye on unique adaptations. It changed the way I see nature and the environment and gave me greater insight to the biotic and abiotic factors in each ecosystem. Everyone should visit the SBG Learning Forest and Keppel Discovery Wetlands to learn and gain a new vision of the environment!

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