Occidental Biologist Gretchen North

She Studies the Ecology of Plants, But That Doesn’t Mean She Can Grow Them

Occidental College biologist Gretchen North studies the ecology of arid-land plant species. Before participating in a panel on water’s deadly force, she offered her thoughts on L.A.’s most underrated and overrated flora—as well as the one or two things grass is good for—in the Zócalo green room.