• fossilesque@mander.xyzOPM
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      4 months ago

      Nah, it’s correct. Just needs a clarifying sentence. They use the word tree but it’s not technically a tree, rather tree-like. The word tree is used for ease, colloquially. They grew like this as they are plants well suited for seaside wind and storms, hurricanes… Wetland plants. The grasses that didn’t give up. Tree definitions vary from form vs function, and form is used more colloquially.

      Edit: Fixed yayayayyay I need more edits this month

      • Jack Riddle@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        No tree is a tree. “Tree” is not a clearly-defined taxonomical category. Anything that is tree-like gets grouped under the catgory “tree”.

      • GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz
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        I think it’s arguable that “tree” is just a term for a growth habit rather than anything really taxonomically meaningful.