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bloudy t1_iw5b8up wrote

Reply to comment by limblessbarbie in Lonely tree in the Maasai Mara [3819x5728] [OC] by marklopezzz

I mean, likely used to be an entire forest there and this is the lone survivor, so less beautiful in that sense.

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leo_agiad t1_iw5ojma wrote

Volcano nearby laid down a layer of impermeable ash about 6 feet down. Trees only grow where that ash layer cracked and the roots can get down. That is why it is all grassland, not treeland.

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limblessbarbie t1_iw5ccea wrote

No. That's an Acacia Tree probably in the Serengeti Park in Tanzania. They grow singularly, not together.

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Nuckin_futs_ t1_iw5wqlw wrote

Ah yes you can tell by the lack of stumps and roads that this land was definitely logged. You are very in tune with nature and very smart

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