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The cool thing about it and what does give it the 10k year feel is that it grows in a spot that was only low enough for trees to grow 10k years ago because the
by alkonaut 4y ago
The cool thing about it and what does give it the 10k year feel is that it grows in a spot that was only low enough for trees to grow 10k years ago because the mountain has risen 100 meters since, and it couldn’t start growing there now.
- q1w2 4y agoSort of. The article also says that spruce trees slowly migrate via spreading their root systems. So this tree "system" probably originated lower along the tree line and migrated up over the centuries. The article has conflicting information on this point.