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  • Scientists Discover Unknown Plant Species Growing on Australia's Sacred Uluru

    11/17/2021 10:01:21 AM PST · by Red Badger · 21 replies
    https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | 17 NOVEMBER 2021 | DAVID NIELD
    Scientists have made what is being described as a once-in-a-lifetime discovery, finding a new plant species on the giant rock of Uluru in Australia. What's more, the fig has been hiding in plain sight for years. Ficus desertorum, or the desert fig, is the name that's been given to the new plant. Before now, it was believed to belong in a sub-category of Ficus brachypoda, a species of fig tree found extensively in the northern and central parts of Australia. A closer look has revealed that this is in fact its own distinct species, with its own distinct regional habitat....