Analyzes plant features that result in useful products.
Examines characteristics of the relationships between human groups and coastal plants that make the associations sustainable. We all know what marine is and dissecting the word ethnobotany into its parts defines the subject in broad terms. Hence, Marine Ethnobotany refers to the study of the direct relationships between people and plants. The slant that investigators put on the subject range from archaeological studies of ancient civilizations to bioengineering of economic crops. Most of the uses of marine, estuarine, and upland ecotone plants originated prior to industrialization and we will begin there in our exploration of the way people have used and viewed plants.