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RE: *Trifolium* and its billions of helpers: A holiday themed nitrogen festival
I'm glad you liked it. I know a little about fig wasps, is their role in ficus propagation similar?
I'm glad you liked it. I know a little about fig wasps, is their role in ficus propagation similar?
I'm using the term ficus and fig interchangeably. I rely heavily on sources to get things right. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica: "Ficus, (genus Ficus), a group of about 900 species of trees, shrubs, and vines, commonly called figs". An amazing example of mutualism, isn't it?
I actually had no idea that they were that related. To me, a ficus was always 'that office plant that's everywhere' and a fig was 'that cool tree in the neighbor's yard that makes fruit'.
:)