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The Rope Tree: Western Redcedar has a unique survival trick, well known by Indigenous Tribes, that makes it near immortal, and its death from Climate Change all the more terrifying
When I first read about how Pacific Coastal Tribes made use of the Western Redcedar’s bark for clothing, it immediately conjured up the image of them walking around in an armoured suit made out of wood. Using wood for clothing seemed incredibly uncomfortable -think of the splinters!- but at the time I just let the irrationality of it go. Hey, it was hundreds of years ago right?
Ryan Regier
May 145 min read
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