Comment on If I construct a huge glass box and cover a fully grown tree - then fill the entire thing in water, what would happen to the tree

• Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Also aren’t there those alligator forests in America with lots of flooded trees.

  source

  • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bayou is the word but those trees are usually only covered the first few feet by water unless it’s flooding.

    source

    • Donebrach@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Alligator Forest is the new word, calling it.

      source

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean everyone knew exactly what he was talking about… and clearly not everyone knows what a bayou is, making “alligator forrest” the more universal term

        source