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What do cacti and rare pines have in common? What’s a paleoendemic? Do pinecones have teeth? Why do so many different plant species live in Mediterranean climates?
Join me and Jon Rebman as we go behind the scenes of the San Diego Natural History Museum, explore the herbarium, and discuss the rarest pine species in North America.
Links:
San Diego Natural History Museum
University of California Museum of Paleontology
Cool study about redwood leaves
Info about Torrey pines and bark beetles
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