Ha ha. A foni story. Thank you, David. It occurs to me that this could be a clever and amusing way of avoiding the challenge of explaining the origins of tafoni, which is a question that seems far from resolved. In its way, rockpeckers could be as good an explanation as some of the others that have been published.
I was shocked you didn't cite Professor Leo Lionni's magnificent "Parallel Botany" in your sources. Here's a link to Kirkus Reviews article on this ground-breaking volume that should be on every RockPecker's bookshelf https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/leo-lionni/parallel-botany/
'petros saxifaga' is the don quixote of geology. and those equisetum eating silica bills! 💀👏💀👏💀
As I was reading your third graph, I truly thought you'd lost it. Lusus indeed. A good laugh, one day early.
Ha ha. A foni story. Thank you, David. It occurs to me that this could be a clever and amusing way of avoiding the challenge of explaining the origins of tafoni, which is a question that seems far from resolved. In its way, rockpeckers could be as good an explanation as some of the others that have been published.
To borrow a phrase from Gary Paul Nabhan, you have demonstrated the characteristics of a fraxinus sapiens
I was shocked you didn't cite Professor Leo Lionni's magnificent "Parallel Botany" in your sources. Here's a link to Kirkus Reviews article on this ground-breaking volume that should be on every RockPecker's bookshelf https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/leo-lionni/parallel-botany/