MSU invasive species expert teaches volunteers to overcome ‘plant blindness’

LANSING — When Carolyn Miller walks into the woods, many students follow, some carrying tools and many carrying a curiosity for nature that they didn’t have before they met her.

“We have to take care of these native plants and insects because nobody else is going to do it,” Miller said. “And once people start looking closely, they really want to help.”

Miller is a botanical technologist at Michigan State University’s W.J. Beal Botanical Garden, as well as a master’s student…

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