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World's loneliest tree species can't reproduce without a mate. So AI is looking for one hidden in the forests of South Africa.Only a single, male specimen of the Wood's cycad (Encephalartos woodii) has ever been discovered in the wild. In 1895, botanist John Medley Wood found the solitary plant in what is now the Ngoye ...
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5 fascinating trees that have gone extinctToday, Saint Helena still struggles with the loss of its native plants. Though it looked like a palm tree, Wood’s Cycad was actually part of an ancient group of plants. Found in South Africa ...
Fossil Cycad National Monument was removed from the Park Service ... Visitors were pocketing small pieces of petrified wood to take home as souvenirs, which was adding up to a significant loss.
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