No denying that. This

 

Forest stands

alone. All Ours nomened so

 

Spiny Forest. Madagascar

in Our World. Legends tell

Our Yore Spiny Forest namings sounds. Like

a Prickly Place

Our Forest. Up n Down Yore. Spinefull

 

shaped Plants therein increases in deeds. Indeed

 

 

Nature’s Mothered nature sharply spares lil’. So

only lil’ sparsely grows. Growth

confined too. To select hardy Species well as. As well

acclimatised for oft. Of Madagascar’s prevailing. Winds

so stymied, diverted by that. This nearbys Central. Highland

Plains. Plainly

 

in this. That Place. One now

comprising app. 14-17,000 square Km’s of spiny

forested Thickets. Thinly

 

dispersed erratic Rainfall combinings with. Porous

Sandy Soils + Rocks

rollings over such. Much stony Limestoned, Red

Sanded in this Region. That so

 

producing arid/semi-arid Environ for both. Our Flora +

Fauna Specied there. Their

rather distinct indigenous endemic. Species flourish

 

 

hereso do apply. Applying thereofs thereto

a perfect rough. Landscape for Life. To smoothly

 

flow + grow. Flowing on Plantlike

such adaptations of Deciduous. Leaf reductions, Succulents +

much long. Roots, Taproots lengthened, enlarged

Trunks + Spines. New

growth Leaves only shaped, coated, haired too. To suit

prevailing Conditions. Woody

Trees storing Waters within distinctive. Spines. Great +

Dwarf

 

Baobabs, Cactus lookalikes, Shrubs. Vines, Lianas, octopus +

bottle typed Trees greet. Aloe,

Palm, sparse herbage + grasslanded bushy. Types so

surround so abounds

 

 

 

all with appropriate. Spiny bits also. All so surroundings

arounds abouts

All there. Their wire-like/rounded

leaves, flowers, fruits so forth. Forthrightly left

this. That Our Spiny Forest akin too. To Otherswise

 

transitional Times, Places as such deserted. Vizcaino’s

Mexican Agave-Boojum. Region. Regionally +

Seasonally sporadic

 

Wet + Dry Seasonals varying. Appearances Climate

controlled. Uncontrolled

 

 

Spined Forestry Faunas. Species espied includings:

Primate varieties, Lemur, Mongoose, Lizard, Bird, Tortoise,

Gecko, Skink, Hedgehog tenrec, Chameleon, var. Snakes…

even a Hissing Cockroach +

 

Limestone Cliffs cave-dwelling Blind

Fish (…Typhleotris madagascariensis…) in Deeds. Indeed

 

so move, climb, clamber + live amongst. Hardy Plant

Species some quite Heightily. Possibilities

attainings = 10 mtrs tho’ 3-6 more thereso

Our The norm. Hereto

 

in Our World. Legends tell sections of Our Spiny. Forest

oft encroached + degraded/removed. Cattle/Goat grazing

 

 

 

Land, Maize Crops, Charcoal/Firewood/Logging Production

effectings mainly. Causes

 

include Droughts + Wildfires too. To

thus pointedly so impact this. Forested

Flora, Fauna pop./density spikes as well. Well as allowings

Invasive Species. Entry also. All so

Our Spiny Forest

 

sharply show signs oft. Of very slow

regrowth +

subsequent new. Regeneration points of our. Anew Seasonal

Madagascar’s so take time. In Our

 

Spiny Forests. Groundings

 

out next on 19/6:

Yores Parting Ways. Our Means Revealed.