Sedimentary rocks fertilize the coniferous forest on South Fork Mountain, CA, increasing the forest’s capacity to store carbon. Credit: S. Morford. New findings from a team of U.C. Davis ecologists show that sedimentary bedrock fertilizes plant growth in a northern Californian forest, filling an ecological role previously thought to be reserved for bacteria.
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