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Rapa Nui’s Extinct Toromiro Tree Might Not Be Gone Forever
In the heart of Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, a species long thought lost is taking root once again. The toromiro tree (Sophora toromiro), once a vital part of the island’s landscape and ...
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How Rapa Nui Lost a Tree, Only to Have It Sprout Up Elsewhere
The tree that goes by toromiro has been a fragile expat for more than a half-century. Little Sophora toromiro, is far from ...
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First Inhabitants
On Rapa Nui, the more modern, and local, name for Easter Island, large palm forests flourished. Upon arrival, early Rapanui settlers would have planted the plants that they brought with them ...