Stefan F. Wirth<p>A visibly old <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/hybridplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hybridplane</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Platanus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Platanus</span></a> × <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/hispanica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hispanica</span></a> in <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/park" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>park</span></a> around lake <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Lietzensee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lietzensee</span></a> in <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berlin</span></a>. The tree, as a hybrid of non-native <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a>, harbors a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/lower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lower</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> than, for example, an similar old oak tree. However, the adjacent <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/shorevegetation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shorevegetation</span></a> provides evidence of a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/bank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bank</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a>. That wasn't always the case, as the shore of the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/IceAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IceAge</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/lake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lake</span></a> was created as a decorative park in the 19th century and is still under <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/historicpreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historicpreservation</span></a> today.<br>© <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StefanFWirth</span></a> Berlin 2024</p>