STRANGLER FIG NATIVE TREE

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STRANGLER FIGNATIVE TREE

• STRANGLER FIG TREES PROVIDE MORE FOOD FOR MORE
  BIRDS AND MAMMALS THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE SPIECES
  OF TREE IN THE HAMMOCK. THIS IS BECAUSE OF
  THEIR SIZE AND ABUNDANCE OF SEEDS. BIRDS EAT THE
  SEEDS. BIRD DROPPINGS, WITH SEEDS INSIDE, OFTEN
  FALL INTO THE CREVICES OF TREES WHERE THEY
  GERMINATE OR GROW. THE TINY SEEDS GROW INTO
  VINELIKE PLANTS WHICH PUT ROOTS DOWN TO THE
  GROUND TO BECOME TREES. THEY MAY EVENTUALLY TAKE
  OVER THE HOST TREE AND KILL IT. THAT IS HOW THEY
  GOT THEIR NAME, ''STRANGLER FIG.