Monday, July 20, 2009

Acacia and Storm


A lone Acacia tree before a storm in Kenya's Masai Mara reserve.

Acacias can be quite hardy. An Acacia in Niger was once the only tree in a 200 km radius (until a trucker knocked it down in 1973).

Isolated Acacias are central to local ecosystems, being especially symbiotic with insect populations.

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