Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Lightning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lightning</span></a> strikes usually kill <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a>. This one just grows stronger <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5357412/lightning-tree-dipteryx-oleifera" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-53574</span><span class="invisible">12/lightning-tree-dipteryx-oleifera</span></a> </p><p>How some tropical trees benefit from being struck by lightning <a href="https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.70062" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do</span><span class="invisible">i/full/10.1111/nph.70062</span></a></p><p>"The lightning's power cleanses these trees of parasitic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/vines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vines</span></a>. It also zaps trees nearby, reducing competition. Dipteryx oleifera, a towering presence in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Panama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panama</span></a>'s forests, is particularly adept at thriving after enduring events that are deadly to most other trees."</p>