Extinction by omission: Peru’s disappearing ancient shihuahuaco trees

Mongabay
Nov 28, 2018, 12:57 pm140 pts
The first thing a tree like the shihuahuaco inspires is respect. It takes it at least 1,000 years to reach its full-grown height of 40 meters (130 feet) and diameter of 1.5 meters about 5 feet). During that millennium, it’s had to compete for nutrients with other trees and plants — survive the impact of…

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