Tag: redwood

Jan 07

Bark

Bark [CC-BY-SA-3.0 Steve Cook]

Aug 09

Organism of the week #16 – From tiny acorns do mighty oaks grow

Sequoia sempervirens strobili and seeds [CC-BY-SA-3.0 Steve Cook]

There’s something very satisfying about growing plants from seed, and none more so than growing a monster from next-to-nothing: At the moment, this little redwood seedling is just 18 months old. Given 500 years or so, it’s going to get a wee bit bigger: The seeds of redwoods are absolutely titchy, as you can’t see in …

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