The Loneliest Tree (Sahara Cypress)

Completely Arbortrary

English - August 17, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
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One of the world’s loneliest and most critically endangered trees, the Sahara cypress (Cupressus dupreziana) stands nearly alone in the dead center of the mindblowingly vast Sahara desert in northern Africa. With only a handful of these trees left, we ask the question… what in the world is going on with these curious reproducers.

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold

Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals

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