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Charred Arizona Sycamore Leaf Under the Microscope

Charred Arizona Sycamore

This is ash from an Arizona Sycamore collected from a wildfire burn zone north of Banning California. The leaves were prepared in a laboratory muffle furnace.

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KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots ORDER: Proteales FAMILY: Platanaceae GENUS: Platanus SPECIES: wrightii

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