[sci, bio] Fwd: Trees That Miss the Mammoths

[siderea]

Via conuly, an article that features my favorite tree, the honeylocust! ("The tree that does not want a hug.") The Trees That Miss the Mammoths. Consider the fruit of the Osage-orange, named after the Osage Indians associated with its range. In the fall, Osage-orange trees hang heavy with bright green, bumpy spheres the size of softballs, full of seeds

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[oakleaf_mirror]

Related, and still leaves me melancholy: http://xkcd.com/1259/

[siderea]

Yes! That.

[squirrelitude]

Luckily, the orchids can usually get some pollination here and there from other species.

[tilia_tomentosa]

That's fascinating.

Not that I would want any of those extinct predators anywhere near me...