Stephan:   Back in the early 1970s two friends of mine, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, wrote a lovely book, The Secret Life of Plants. It drove materialists crazy, but time has shown their basic points about the consciousness of plants, and the interconnectedness and interdependence of all life were correct. Here is the latest concerning this trend. It doesn't really fully address the nonlocal aspects of consciousness, but it touches upon them, and that is a big move.