Saturday, September 17, 2016
The Loneliest Tree In The World
Tucked away in a corner of London's Royal Botanic Gardens, there is a
very peculiar plant. At first glance, it resembles a stumpy palm tree,
but this ancient specimen is incredibly rare. It is, in fact, the very
last of its kind on Earth. Encephalartos Woodii is a cycad. Over the
millennia, the age of the cycad came to an end. This tree is the
loneliest bachelor on Earth.
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