brilliantbotany: A circular growth of coastal redwoods like this is called a fairy ring. When a tree is cut down, trees regrow from the underground root system, clones of the original. Though they appear separate, all of the trees in a fairy ring are part of the same organism.

brilliantbotany:

A circular growth of coastal redwoods like this is called a fairy ring. When a tree is cut down, trees regrow from the underground root system, clones of the original. Though they appear separate, all of the trees in a fairy ring are part of the same organism.

(Source: brilliantbotany, via thesechains)

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