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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Isn't this the tree that's so old that its pollinizers are beetles because bees didn't exist by the time they came around?

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

That's magnolias. This is the much older one that doesn't even have pollinators because flowers didn't exist yet.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, this one always causes me to pause for a second, even when I only see the leaf motive somewhere.