What is Plant blindness?
[[File:Judasboom (Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'). 15-04-2020. (actm.) 03.jpg|thumb|Forest Pansy]] '''Plant blindness''' or '''plant-neglect''' is a type of [[cognitive bias]] where people tend to overlook or ignore [[Plant|plant species]]. This bias includes not noticing [[plants]] in the [[environment]], not recognizing the importance of [[plants]] in the [[biosphere]] and human affairs, viewing [[Plant|plants]] less important to [[Animal|animals]], and not appreciating the unique features or beauty of [[Plant|plants]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Allen|first=William|date=2003|title=Plant Blindness|url=https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/53/10/926/254897|journal=BioScience|language=en|volume=53|issue=10|pages=926|doi=10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0926:PB]2.0.CO;2|issn=0006-3568}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pany|first=Peter|last2=Lörnitzo|first2=Agnes|last3=Auleitner|first3=Lisa|last4=Heidinger|first4=Christine|last5=Lampert|first5=Peter|last6=Kiehn|first6=Michael|date=2019|title=Using students’ interest in useful plants to encourage plant vision in the classroom|url=https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.43|journal=PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET|language=en|volume=1|issue=3|pages=261–270|doi=10.1002/ppp3.43|issn=2572-2611}}</ref> The term was coined by botanists J. H. Wandersee and E. E. Schussler in 1999.<ref>Wandersee, J. H., & Schussler, E. E. (1999). Preventing plant blindness. The American Biology Teacher, 61, 82–86.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Knapp|first=Sandra|date=2019|title=Are humans really blind to plants?|url=https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.36|journal=PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET|language=en|volume=1|issue=3|pages=164–168|doi=10.1002/ppp3.36|issn=2572-2611}}</ref> Some say that people may not notice [[Plant|plants]] because they are stationary and have similar colors. [[Culture|Cultural]] practices may also play a role. Studies indicate that individuals are better at detecting [[Animal|animals]] than plants in images, revealing a bias known as zoo-centrism.<ref>{{Cite