I can see from my apartment window the top of a tree not so high but so amazing, which sometimes distracts me as to why I have come to Paris. I know the tree is great because a plaque identifies it as the oldest in town, planted in 1601. Fake acacia (pseudo Robinia), from Appalachia, United States.
However, there are several reasons why this 1601 date is questionable. But it seems likely that the tree was actually planted in the early 17th century by Jean Robin, a gardener to a succession of French kings. The tree has survived wars and revolutions, and in the middle of this year has sprouting beautiful leaves all over its crown. Like a wounded old soldier—the scarred torso straightened by concrete trusses—turns out to be the forerunner of an invading army: since the seventeenth century, American false dolphins have spread throughout Europe and certainly the world.
In Central Europe, mainly foresters fell in love with this species. Pseudo-whales grow quickly on land cleared for firewood, protecting the soil from erosion. Recently, on the Loess Plateau in northwest China, False acacia trees have been planted on an area of more than 10 million hectares Over the past few decades to combat one of the worst soil erosion on Earth. False goat wood is also valuable, not only for firewood, as it is hard and resistant. Four centuries after Robin planted the United States tree in his garden, Robinia Established as the only “European” wood that can be used to make garden furniture without the need for pesticide treatment – a sustainable alternative to tropical teak (Grandis Tectona) are imported.
The problem is that fake cannabis doesn’t just stay where it was planted. It is a very invasive species that spreads through underground soils. In addition to other resistance precursors, the Elanthus Altissima, popularly known as the tree of heaven, which was carried from China to America in the eighteenth century, when Parisian botanists, once again, provided essential assistance. American gardeners have fallen in love with the beauty of ailanthus, which grows almost anywhere, even among cracks in sidewalks – and was the book’s main inspiration and character. Tree growing in Brooklyn (“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” in a free translation). But Troy Farah I recently reported to Nat Geo Scientists are eagerly searching for a way to extinguish the species, also called the “hell tree,” because it destroys biodiversity, and their hopes are pinned on a newly discovered mushroom.
The world suffers from the consequences of our actions. Czech scientists I recently analyzed the prevalence of fake cannabis in southern Europe He concluded: “Our results confirm that it is difficult to determine whether Robinia It should be bred, nurtured and widely tolerated or eliminated as a dangerous invasive species.” They say this definition will depend on each case and each region.
About 152 meters north of the oldest tree is the real reason for my visit to Paris: To Notre Dame Cathedral. Gateway to the 12th and 13th centuries and also to the 19th century when it was completely renovated. Currently, in order to restore these parts of history, the church is being rebuilt after the disastrous 2019 fire Which caused the towers to fall through their high vaults. The lingering battle of faux so rarely observed in the little garden across the Seine is a reminder that, in life, it is also rare that we can undo the hard choices we made, and that we can only try to deal with them to the best of our ability. Box.
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