More data about “plant blindness,” but also a completely hilarious window into how #grasses are a total mystery to just about everyone, even when they are ridiculously common and abundant. Expected ability to ID is literally zero. 🤪
In defense of the study participants, I can’t tell these apart without an inflorescence either, and they probably only encounter these guys in mowed areas where their little blooming heads have already been chopped off. #PlantBlindness https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116476606452724855
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