
First an excerpt from John Stilgoe on where the word landscape originates:

Note that the graphic depicting fields and structures looks like the symbol for the pueblo that defines the New Mexico state flag.
And now E. O. Wilson’s suggestion that the savannah was the landscape to which humans were most drawn:

Find a few of my favorite plants as described in a catalogue meant for clients before the internet; and the English equivalents of Latin names for plant species.
