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