The U.S. is running short of people who can tell the forest from the trees.
Organizations such as the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management can’t find enough scientists to deal with invasive plants, wildfire reforestation and basic land-management issues.
Botanists use the term “plant blindness” to describe the growing inability by Americans—and even well-degreed biologists—to tell the difference among even basic plants.
Read more from the Wall Street Journal.
Photo: Coreopsis at Mt. Cuba Center trial garden, Hockessin, Del.
Latest from Nursery Management
- [SNEAK PEAK] Leading Women of Horticulture: Louise Schaefer and Susan Tantsits
- The Growth Industry Episode 10: State of the Horticulture Industry
- Tennessee Green Industry Field Day scheduled for June 11
- UTIA and UT Knoxville research teams will develop automated compost monitoring system
- Ken and Deena Altman receive American Floral Endowment Ambassador Award
- [SNEAK PEEK] Leading Women of Horticulture: Becky Thomas
- [SNEAK PEEK] Leading Women of Horticulture: Angela Burke
- [SNEAK PEEK] Leading Women of Horticulture: Alexa Patti
