"What word's original meaning was to do with ""relating to a specific place"" (such as where indigenous plants or animals were found in a specific area)?"
Indigenous (ecology) 'indigenous' is of necessity a blurred concept, and is clearly a function of both time and political boundaries. Seen over long periods of time, plants take part in the constant movement of tectonic plates - species appear and may flourish, endure or become extinct, but their distribution is never static or confined to a particular geographic location. An indigenous species is not necessarily endemic. In biology and ecology, endemic means "exclusively" native to the biota of a specific place. An indigenous species may occur in areas other than the one under consideration. The terms "endemic" and "indigenous" do not imply
Specific leaf area Specific leaf area Specific leaf area (SLA) is defined as the ratio of leaf area to dry mass. Specific leaf area can be used to estimate the reproductive strategy of a particular plant based upon light and moisture (humidity) levels, among other factors. Specific leaf area is one of the most widely accepted key leaf characteristics used during the study of leaf traits. Drought and water stress have varying effects on specific leaf area. In a variety of species, drought decreases specific leaf area. For example, under drought conditions, leaves were, on average, smaller than leaves on control plants. This