'Plant Blindness'?

Some reviewers have suggested that David Attenborough's new series, The Green Planet, may help counter 'plant blindness' (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/14/the-guardian-view-on-the-green-planet-verdant-and-necessary). 'Plant blindness' is a tendency by humans to dismiss plants as part of the background. Plants rarely pose a direct threat to humans and they operate on a very different time-scale. It's still, however, disappointing that 50% of UK children can't recognise Stinging nettles (that could be a problem for them); Brambles or Bluebells. Even worse, is the finding that 82% can't identify an Oak leaf! Rather obviously, plants are a fundamental part of Ecological systems. They also are a key element in the fight against climate change. Strangely, my 50 years of teaching in UK Universities have seen many Botany Departments disappear. The shape of things to come?