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Shout out to plants growing in solid rock!

July 16, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner

tree in rock

A tree grows in Oregon.

 

How about a shout out to all those plants growing in solid rock? They grow with such tenacity and flourish without effort. Seeds slipping into cracks. Tender roots squeezing through boulders, concrete, asphalt, sheer cliffs, sidewalks.

A miracle, really.

plant growing from rock

Lake Norfork, Ar.

Growing naturally, enthusiastically.

rocks and trees

Lake Norfork, Ar.

 

And I can breathe better because of it. Can’t you?

Maui

Maui, Hawaii

Thank you Mother Nature.

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Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

[tweetthis]Shout out to all those plants growing from solid rock! @artourism #mothernature #lakenorfork [/tweetthis]

Musical Pairing:
Stevie Wonder, Isn’t She Lovely

 

Filed Under: Nature & Seasons Tagged With: geology, Lake Norfork, miracle of nature, Ozark Mountains

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Comments

  1. Dorothy Johnson says

    July 17, 2016 at 4:27 pm

    I’m amazed at their tenacity, especially the tree in that first photo.


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

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