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  2. Ficus rubiginosa - Wikipedia

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    Ficus rubiginosa, the rusty fig or Port Jackson fig (damun in the Dharug language), is a species of flowering plant native to eastern Australia in the genus Ficus.Beginning as a seedling that grows on other plants (hemiepiphyte) or rocks (), F. rubiginosa matures into a tree 30 m (100 ft) high and nearly as wide with a yellow-brown buttressed trunk.

  3. Marcescence - Wikipedia

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    Marcescent leaves may be retained indefinitely and do not break off until mechanical forces (wind for instance) cause the dry and brittle petioles to snap. [9] The evolutionary reasons for marcescence are not clear, theories include: protection of leaf buds from winter desiccation, and as a delayed source of nutrients or moisture-conserving ...

  4. Balete tree - Wikipedia

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    The balete tree (also known as balite or baliti) are several species of trees in the Philippines from the genus Ficus, which are generally referred to as balete in Filipino. A number of these are strangler figs, as they germinate upon other trees, before entrapping their host tree entirely and eventually killing it.

  5. Severe pruning during summer heat is hell for trees, not just ...

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    Severe pruning — a.k.a. "coat racking" — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse.

  6. From walking on wet leaves to cleaning out gutters, 4 fall ...

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    Navigating wet leaves. That fall foliage can accumlate and get wet, creating a slippery surface that’s ripe for slips and falls. “If you have the ability, do not walk on wet leaves ...

  7. Ficus crassiuscula - Wikipedia

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    Among the fig species in subgenus Pharmacosycea, Ficus crassiuscula is quite unique: all the other species are tall, non-climbing, free-growing trees, but F. crassiuscula instead starts its life as an epiphyte (it is a hemiepiphyte), usually germinating near the ground on the lower tree trunk. It spreads from here as a vine, which roots freely ...

  8. Ficus recurvata - Wikipedia

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    Ficus recurvata has been observed to grow either as a shrub or as a tree, when growing as a tree, it can reach an height of 35 m. [2] The species often has buttressed roots that extends from the base of the tree. Its slash is brownish in color same as the color of stems are brownish in color. [3]

  9. Ficus mucuso - Wikipedia

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    Leaves have stipules and petiole, stipules tend to be caducous while petiole is hairy, up to and 10 cm long. [3] Surface of leaves can be rough or sometimes smooth, with a cordate base and acuminate apex. Figs can be found on branches of the species, they are globular in shape, and are commonly green when young becoming yellow to orange when ...