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  • Decadeslong effort revives ancient oak woodland

    Oct 29, 2020 11:15 am by Diana YatesOutreach
    Woodland sunflower and purple joe-pye weed grow under mature bur oak trees. Photo by Stephen Packard

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    Thanks to a dedicated team that focused on rooting up invasive plants and periodically burning, seeding native plants and culling deer, the forest again resembles its ancient self, researchers report in the journal PLOS ONE.

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