Aristotle articulated the differentiation between the living things that were animals (who could move around) and the living things that were plants (who generally stayed put).  Our friend, Carl Linnaeus continued this distinction with two of his three classification Kingdoms Vegetabilia and Animalia.  We get this word, Vegetabilia from the Latin vegetablilis meaning growing, flourishing, and enlivening.  Our word “plant” also comes from the Latin, planta referring to the sole of the foot.  Plants share the characteristics of breath, life, and in my mind – soul with animals.  So then how are plants different?  The subtle differences are in how they eat (plants are photosynthetic meaning they produce their own food) and how they grow (indefinitely adding additional photosynthetic organs throughout their life).  The obvious difference, as Aristotle pointed out is that plants are fairly immobile, with their foot firmly in the ground.  This means that plants must defend themselves without being able to run away from their predators.  This lack of mobility also demands that they rely on external factors, such as wind, water, or animals, to complete reproduction. Here is a look at some of the personalities of our more grounded brothers and sisters in the Plant Kingdom.