http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=5422
Most people who look at plants just see plants ââ?¬â? ferns, perhaps, or perennials or weeds, or trees. When Dr. Mohammad Fayyaz looks at plants, the director of the UW botany departmentââ?¬â?¢s greenhouses and garden looks beyond species and sees opportunity.
He did not, for example, acquire a rare Wollemi pine seedling just for the educational uses ââ?¬â? although ââ?¬Å?it is a good specimen for teaching,ââ?¬Â he says, citing applications in courses ranging from plant geography to classification, morphology and anatomy.