Boswellia sacra CSPOT including but not limited to:

including but not limited to: scuffs

Jayne Belnap and the amazing folks at the National Parks Service (NPS) have acted as human advocates for these remarkable and unassuming lifeforms

nursing larva babies on the rank perfume of her satanic festering wounds

her endosymbiotic theory is now widely accepted

As the plant grows and branches the mounding colony spreads outward covering rock and sloping hillsides helping to slow run-off and prevent soil erosion

Boswellia sacra CSPOT including but not limited to:Boswellia sacra is the source of frankincense resin, the sacred incense made most famous by the Bible. In Arabia and the Horn of Africa where this tree grows, the native villagers tap the trunks to let the fragrant exudate ooze out. A very rare plant in cultivation. It has the reputation of being difficult, but can be fairly simple if given enough water.