# Plant Intelligence
**Entity class:** Scientific and philosophical research area
## Definition
**Plant intelligence** examines learning, signaling, memory-like responses, adaptive behavior, and problem solving in organisms without nervous systems. The term is contested because “intelligence” can import cognitive assumptions not warranted by every experiment; precise claims should name the observed behavior and alternative mechanisms.
## Relationships
- **ICE dialogue:** [[wiki/Monica Gagliano|Monica Gagliano]], [[wiki/Richard Powers|Richard Powers]], and [[wiki/Marcelo Gleiser|Marcelo Gleiser]].
- **conceptual bridge:** [[wiki/Diverse Intelligence|Diverse Intelligence]], embodied cognition, non-neural computation, and [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|AI]].
- **evidence caution:** plant behavior does not by itself establish consciousness or humanlike intention.
- **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]].
## Sources / Provenance
- [ICE — Plant Intelligence](https://www.ice.dartmouth.edu/events/plant-intelligence)