Huon "Pine" & the Temperate Rainforests of Tasmania
Added 2022-12-05 06:29:32 +0000 UTCRemnants of Gondwana, here's a conifer that emerged in the Jurassic and is today restricted to the cool wet forests of Southwest Tasmania, growing in the understory of a few Eucalyptus species, and mostly restricted to the banks of creeks and rivers. It was harvested extensively until the 1980s, and most all the old growth is gone, and where it still exists is mostly inaccessible wilderness. Not how small the "cones" (megastrobili) are...the seeds barely 2-3 mm across and hidden beneath a small leafy bract.
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You often talk about how rough physical environments with crazy chemistry drive evolution/ speciation- any thoughts on what is happening at the mana loa volcano in Hawaii?
Daniel Pirone
2022-12-09 07:52:10 +0000 UTCDo you find that the same geographical adaptation are common with west coast of BC ? Are there any temperate rainforest “Tasmania “ themes that are not present in BC/Oregon / Washington? Are the insects similar? The Eucalyptus must be the most obvious….
WeTheCenter
2022-12-05 13:08:09 +0000 UTC
