You point out a critter in the yard and call it a woodrat, we humans are likely to yell, ‘Eeek!’ and contact the exterminator. If you call the same animal a short-eared rabbit, we go, ‘Oh, how cute! How precious!’  Refer to the field plants as prairie grass or wildflowers, they’re likely to endure longer than weeds. The label medicinal herbs might garner more respect as well. Hackberry trees, sometimes called trash trees, get an undeserved axe. The fruit is plentiful, and feeds the mockingbirds and woodpeckers. They deserve a name like Gem Trees or Sweetberry.