How spinifex grasses got their ring shape

How spinifex grasses got their ring shape

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Scientists say they may have solved a longstanding mystery of how Australia’s iconic spinifex got its distinctive ring shape. It seems the grasses die off in the middle due to a build-up of pathogenic soil microbes.

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