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Old 26-04-2003, 01:28 PM
Sean Houtman
 
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Default ID for dessert tree with cool survival technique

From: (Una Smith)

Quena wrote:
I read about a tree in the American Southwest that, during a drought,
dries up completely except for a small sliver of bark, which contineus
to grow on the side of the otherwise dead trunk.

What is this tree called? I found an unlabelled pictu

http://www.forceacademy.com/Imagesto...esert_tree.jpg

Many kinds of tree will grow like the one shown here, if
sufficiently damaged but never quite girdled. This one looks
to be a juniper.


Specificqaqlly, it looks like a Juniperus osteosperma, or Utah Juniper.

Sean



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