Boreal Floodplain (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Boreal Floodplain

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Sedges and willow trees get the nitrogen they need from cyanobacteria living in the sediments of pristine boreal floodplains found at 60 degrees latitude and north into the Arctic Circle.

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T DeLuca/U of Washington

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