March 21, 2013

living things


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photo by Donald Kinney

Delicate and vulnerable, and just a little bit more than beautiful...



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Little no-trespassing signs.

In the early 1900's Luther Burbank, the celebrated horticulturist, developed several varieties of Spineless Cactus intended for use as cattle feed in arid regions. The claim was they would take one-third the amount of water Alfalfa requires, and tonnage per acre would make them a viable crop, but neither notion turned out to be true.   More about Spineless Cactus.



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Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a fungus (the mycobiont) and a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont or phycobiont) growing together in a symbiotic relationship.   (read more at the source: Wikipedia)
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