Seen from above, the banks of the Mississippi appear to be flanked by rich expanses of plant life. Yet this verdant appearance is deceptive as this essay on the “dark green” explores.

Seen from above, the banks of the Mississippi appear to be flanked by rich expanses of plant life. Yet this verdant appearance is deceptive, as Heather I. Sullivan explains in this essay, considering the effects of industrialization, plant blindness, and what she terms the “dark green.”