Scientists found 97% of strangler figs growing directly from burned ground in Indonesia; the trees may help damaged forests recover naturally |
Scientists studying burned tropical peat swamp forests in Sumatra, Indonesia, found strangler figs exhibiting an unusual behaviour. They found that 97 percent of the strangler figs they counted grew directly from the ground rather than from the branches of host trees. The finding, published in February 2026 in the journal Ecology and Evolution, is notable…
