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->''How could such sweet and wholesome hours\\
Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers!''
-->-- '''Creator/AndrewMarvell''', "The Garden"

''An index gathering plant-related tropes.''

A sub-index of TropesOfNature. Do not add flower-only, tree-only, or fruit and vegetable-only tropes here: instead, put them in their respective sub-index.

Compare and contrast AnimalTropes.
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[[index]]
!!Tropes:
[floatboxright:
'''Categories:'''
+ ArtisticLicenseBotany
+ FantasticFlora
+ FlowerGardenIndex
+ FruitAndVegetableTropes
+ ShroomyTropes
+ TreeTropes

'''See also:'''
+ SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism
]
* AlienKudzu: A plant-like or otherwise sessile alien organism that goes invasive and quickly overwhelms Earthling environments.
* BornFromPlants: When beings come out of plants.
* BotanicalAbomination: An EldritchAbomination with plant-like characteristics.
* BulletSeed: Seeds shot in rapid succession as a form of attack.
* CactusCushion: People getting injured on a cactus' spines.
* CaringGardener: Because ''somebody'' has to care for all these plants.
* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables
* FloralThemeNaming: People named after flowers and flower parts.
* FourLeafClover: Clovers with four leaves bring good luck.
* FromMyOwnPersonalGarden: One character demonstrate their wealth to another by not only presenting rich meals, but showing they own the source of the ingredients as well.
* FungiArePlants: Fungi being confused with or treated as being plants.
* GardenGarment: Dresses made of living plants.
* GreenThumb: The ability to control plant life.
* TheHedgeOfThorns: Thorn bushes can prove an impassable obstacle.
* InnocentPlantChildren: Plant-themed children that act innocently.
* KnowYourVines: 'Cause you don't wanna grab the wrong one.
* LilyPadPlatform: Lily pads sturdy enough for people to stand on.
* ManEatingPlant: Aggressive, mobile, gigantic, and even sentient carnivorous plants.
* MisplacedVegetation: Specific species of plants put in locations or environments where they have no place being.
** AllDesertsHaveCacti: Cacti appear in any and all deserts in fiction, even though real cacti only live in North America (and are invasive in Australia).
* NaturallyHusklessCoconuts: Coconuts grow on a palm tree without a husk.
* NatureEqualsPlants: The word nature used to mean plants/forests rather than a broader definition of the term.
* NeglectedGarden: A garden that hasn't been cared for in a long time, showing a character's depressed emotional state.
* {{Planimal}}: Chimeric plant-animal creatures.
* PlantAliens: When aliens are intelligent plants.
* PlantHair: Hair made up of leaves, vines, flowers, petals and such plant parts.
* PlantMooks: The BigBad grows a crop of plant-based {{Mooks}} to send after the heroes.
* PlantPerson: Intelligent plant creatures.
* SoulfulPlantStory: A deeply emotional story about a plant.
* TalkingToPlants: Gardners talk to their plants out of habit or to make them grow better.
* ThatPoorPlant: A nasty substance is poured into a plant pot, killing its occupant.
* {{Transflormation}}: People are transformed into plants.
* UnderTheMistletoe: When two people meet under a spring of mistletoe hung from the ceiling, they have to kiss.
* VineSwing: Swinging from tree to tree thanks to conveniently sturdy and well-placed vines.
* VineTentacles: Vines and tendrils are prehensile like tentacles.
[[/index]]
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