I remember being on the trip to the Powell’s Cave with the Tree Root Scientist back in the last millennium.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Saturday, May 1, 2021, 7:19 PM, AC <a...@oztotl.com> wrote: Tree roots are very common in Hawaiian lava tubes. They are often where insects are found because of the low amount of organic matter in lava tubes. #yiv0166490149 #yiv0166490149 -- _filtered {}#yiv0166490149 #yiv0166490149 p.yiv0166490149MsoNormal, #yiv0166490149 li.yiv0166490149MsoNormal, #yiv0166490149 div.yiv0166490149MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;}#yiv0166490149 a:link, #yiv0166490149 span.yiv0166490149MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv0166490149 a:visited, #yiv0166490149 span.yiv0166490149MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv0166490149 span.yiv0166490149EmailStyle17 {color:windowtext;}#yiv0166490149 .yiv0166490149MsoChpDefault {} _filtered {}#yiv0166490149 div.yiv0166490149WordSection1 {}#yiv0166490149 The are also quite common in tropical caves as the trees are seeking water. I’ve seen tree roots in caves with as much as 20 m of overburden. Allan_______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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