What is the reason?, Day 23

A few nights ago, I asked my 12 year old son Matt what he thought the next plant challenge should be.  He thought for a moment and said, "What is the reason for your plant?"  Wow!  What an amazing question to consider.  If you have been faithfully whacking away at these challenges then you have both internalized a great deal of information about this plant and you have established a large number of connections to it.  It's almost as if each exercise has invisibly built a rope connecting you to it.  You now have lots of ropes.  So out of all of that knowledge and connection, what would you say is this plant's reason for being.  You may think about that at several levels.  Why does this species exist?  What purpose does it serve?   What role in an ecosystem?  etc.  You may also want to think about this specific plant.  Why is it here in this place at this time?  Once you have reflected on these things for awhile, give thanks.