The seasons are identified through signals from biodiversity, such as specific ‘calendar plants’ that indicate when it is the correct time to undertake fire management practices that reduce fuel load and lessen the risk of destructive wildfires. Calendar plants also inform First Nations peoples when it is the appropriate time to harvest certain

‘plant blindness’ – the term given to the inherent cognitive bias that leads to people ignoring plants, not valuing them nor their importance to the biosphere and ranking them as inferior to animals. Plants are often viewed as inanimate objects rather than living beings. This objectification lends itself to domination and exploitation.