But why do they grow where they do?
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Short and stunted but probably quite old |
Granted, they don’t grow much …
They are what we call in the lexicon as a bonsai tree.
That, in fact, is a big part of their success.
They most commonly take root on the swamp’s version of a limestone moonscape covered over with a thin layer of nutrient poor marl on which, and here’s the important part, only a meager offering of grass can manage to grow.
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Cypress grow in peat (background) and marl (foreground) |
That causes wildfires to pass quickly across these areas,
depriving the flames from lingering very long or getting very hot.
Who says cypress only grow on peat?
1 comment:
That first photo is of a lovely tree. It does look like something that has seen a rough life.
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