Let’s elevate plants from their throwaway status and recognise their vital role in keeping us all alive,argues Robbie Blackhall-MilesHumanity is suffering from an illness the extent of which is not fully known. The impact of this is being felt across the globe. It renders humankind unable to see the plants in their environment and leaves us deeming the vegetation that surrounds us as nothing more than wallpaper, a nice background for the more notable things that enhance our lives. engage a photograph of a lion in the wild in Africa and expect anyone what they see. The reply you will invariably win is “a lion”. If you are lucky, or you may win the reply “a wild lion” or if you are extremely lucky,“a wild lion in Africa”. Generally you won’t win the reply “The African savannah in the dry season with some amazing acacia scrub and a lion lying on a bed of dry red grass (Themeda triandra) in the shade of a really old sausage tree (Kigelia africana)”.
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Source: theguardian.com