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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Clinging on

The image isn't that interesting visually but what is happening is. This image shows a fig tree, probably a Port Jackson fig (Ficus rubiginosa). The description from wikipedia says it "forms a spreading densely shading tree when mature, and may reach 30 m (100 ft) in height, although it rarely exceeds 10 m (30 ft) in the Sydney region".  So here we have a tree with a potential to reach 30 m clinging to the side of a retaining wall just behind the Opera House in Sydney. Surely an interesting struggle.