Geobotany
Geobotany is the branch of science that studies the geographic distribution of plants and their relationship to the physical environment. It examines how plant communities form, persist, and change across landscapes in response to factors such as climate, soil properties, bedrock geology, relief, hydrology, and disturbance. The field seeks to understand patterns of plant diversity and the processes that produce them, including dispersal, competition, succession, and adaptation to local conditions.
Geobotany overlaps with phytogeography, vegetation science, and ecology, and is closely linked to geology, soil science,
Common methods include field inventories and vegetation classification, herbarium records, and the construction of geobotanical or
Applications span natural resource exploration through vegetation indicators of mineral deposits, environmental monitoring and impact assessment,
Geobotany remains a core concept in phytogeography and vegetation science, though terminology varies by region and