Hardiness
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Hardiness may refer to:
- Psychological resiliencePsychological resilienceResilience in psychology refers to the idea of an individual's tendency to cope with stress and adversity. This coping may result in the individual “bouncing back” to a previous state of normal functioning, or using the experience of exposure to adversity to produce a “steeling effect” and function...
, positive capacity of people to cope with stress and catastrophe - Hardiness (plants)Hardiness (plants)Hardiness of plants describe their ability to survive adverse growing conditions. It is usually limited to discussions of climatic adversity. Thus a plant's ability to tolerate cold, heat, drought, flooding, or wind are typically considered measurements of hardiness. Hardiness of plants is defined...
, the ability of plants to survive adverse growing conditions- Hardiness zoneHardiness zoneA hardiness zone is a geographically defined area in which a specific category of plant life is capable of growing, as defined by climatic conditions, including its ability to withstand the minimum temperatures of the zone...
, area in which a category of plants is capable of growing, as defined by the minimum temperature of that area
- Hardiness zone