"Megastrobilus" is just a fancy word for "conifer cone", and what sets conifers (aka gymnosperms) apart from flowering plants (angiosperms)? In this episode, with the aid of some nice Moneyshahtz ™️ we will find out.
Baker Cypress is a rare member of the Redwood and Juniper family known for only 11 populations in Northern California, all occurring and a particular Rocky substrate. in this episode we will also be taking a look at the type of ecology that this shade-intolerant species needs to thrive.
This forest needs a fire, and with the way things have been going in California climatically lately, it will probably get one. see a forest where the white fir shades out the rare baker's Cypress, which can only out-compete the white fir on the very thin--soils of recent lava flows.
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