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Botanic Notables: The Tumbleweed
By Anna Laurent
Rambling over the desert steppe and into our romantic visions of the American West, the iconic tumbleweed is the Clint Eastwood of plants—an itinerant survivor that seems to thrive on solitude, parched land, and a mean wind. 
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Botanic Notables: The Immortal Underground Forest
By Anna Laurent
In South Africa's coastal grasslands, to explore a forest is to walk along its canopy—indeed, it's the only way to observe an extraordinary group of so-called underground trees, where only the uppermost leaves and branches are visible. Tucked away and protected from so many environmental threats, they underground forests are considered all but immortal, with estimated ages of 13,000 years or more. 
Related Topics: Ideas | Brown | Green | Orange | adaptation | Africa | anna laurent malsberger | botanic notables | Fire | old | science | Trees | unusual

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