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That stately sequoia that naturalist John Muir planted in 1880 on his Martinez orchard property that has since become the John Muir National Historic Site is ill with a fatal plant infection. The hopeful news: a campaign is underway to “clone” the tree, despite a poor success rate for growing giant sequoias from cuttings. Mercury News writes about it.
That’s Muir in front of the tree about 1898; after the jump, a more recent photo, each via the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive.
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