Botany Photo of the Day Dioscorea mexicana

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Since I know I wouldn’t be surprising anyone to reveal that this photo isn’t of a tortoise shell, the best I can add is that it is also not the bark of a tree. If you’re not familiar with Dioscorea mexicana or other similar species of Dioscorea (like me before writing this entry), you might […]

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