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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • Donebrach@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Alligator Forest is the new word, calling it.

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      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨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

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