nurse tree
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№ 127TreesDesert Ironwood: The Nurse Tree With Wood That Sinks
A slow Sonoran Desert legume that fixes nitrogen, shelters the desert's seedlings under its canopy, lives over a thousand years, and grows wood so dense it sinks — carved into art and, illegally, into charcoal.
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№ 340TreesPalo Verde: The Green-Barked Tree That Photosynthesises Its Trunk
A desert legume that drops its leaves to save water and runs photosynthesis in its green bark instead — and quietly nurses the giant saguaro cactus to life in its shade.
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