[jas3]

You could potentially argue that a seed deserves the same moral or legal protection as a tree.

Why would I want to?

For the same reason that some people argue that a fertilized human egg deserves the same moral and legal protection as an adult.

jas3

[syriacus]

For the same reason that some people argue that a fertilized human egg deserves the same moral and legal protection as an adult.

I see. I didn't realize where you were coming from.
I know only little about the issue of the sacredness of plant life. I had thought our civilization, especially our scientists, had advanced beyond thinking trees were sacred and I thought Christianity helped bring about that advancement.

I vaguely recall the Druids and Germanic tribes held trees in special regard.

St. Boniface

To show the heathens how utterly powerless were the gods in whom they placed their confidence, Boniface felled the oak sacred to the thunder-god Thor, at Geismar, near Fritzlar. He had a chapel built out of the wood and dedicated it to the prince of the Apostles. The heathens were astonished that no thunderbolt from the hand of Thor destroyed the offender, and many were converted. The fall of this oak marked the fall of heathenism.

Christianity can't be all bad if it helped end infanticide and tree worship.