{"id":4866,"date":"2024-02-21T14:09:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/?p=4866"},"modified":"2024-03-10T00:52:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T00:52:08","slug":"have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you ever heard of an underground forest?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Underground Forest.  Photo credit Rachel Sussman Oldest Living Things. 13,000 year old. Dwarf mobola(and others) Latin parinari capensis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These woody plants hide underground!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This plant structure in South Africa has adapted to its fire prone environment in an amazing way. Many species that live in the bushveld ecoregion here have grown thick bark that will protect them from the fires that often roar across the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, the underground forests have migrated most of their mass underground! All you can see is what we would call the crown of the tree peeking up out of the surface. The soil is a natural firewall. The firre will burn off the treetop, leaving the rest of the underground tree intact below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These organisms grow clonally. At best estimate, the oldest individuals are dated at 11,000 BCE, give or take a few hundred years or so. It is most likely they could be older, since their latitude most likely precludes their exposure to an Ice Age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many of these throughout sub Saharan Africa. Humans only discovered them due to their( to humans) \u201cnuisance value\u201d. Many are poisonous to livestock, and they also get in the way of road building. They are very hard to unearth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very little is known about them. Farmers have discovered how to poison them. Perhaps our species is better at killing than learning. There are many of them now, but once destroyed, we would have to wait 13,000 years for them to grow back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am inspired by these, their tenacity, will to live. The imagery definitely belongs in my work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Underground Forest. Photo credit Rachel Sussman Oldest Living Things. 13,000 year old. Dwarf mobola(and others) Latin parinari capensis These woody plants hide underground!!! This plant structure in South Africa has adapted to its fire prone environment in an amazing way. Many species that live in the bushveld ecoregion here have grown thick bark that will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,125],"tags":[186,52],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Have you ever heard of an underground forest? - Carol LeBaron<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Have you ever heard of an underground forest? - Carol LeBaron\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Underground Forest. Photo credit Rachel Sussman Oldest Living Things. 13,000 year old. Dwarf mobola(and others) Latin parinari capensis These woody plants hide underground!!! This plant structure in South Africa has adapted to its fire prone environment in an amazing way. Many species that live in the bushveld ecoregion here have grown thick bark that will [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Carol LeBaron\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carollebaronart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carollebaronart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-21T14:09:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-10T00:52:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carol\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7b71ef263c88ec9c4048b614b52b66d\"},\"headline\":\"Have you ever heard of an underground forest?\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-21T14:09:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-10T00:52:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/\"},\"wordCount\":271,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7b71ef263c88ec9c4048b614b52b66d\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"environment\",\"nature\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Inspiration\",\"Life &amp; Spirituality\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/\",\"name\":\"Have you ever heard of an underground forest? - Carol LeBaron\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-21T14:09:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-10T00:52:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Have you ever heard of an underground forest?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/\",\"name\":\"Carol LeBaron\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7b71ef263c88ec9c4048b614b52b66d\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7b71ef263c88ec9c4048b614b52b66d\",\"name\":\"Carol\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/C0004T01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/C0004T01.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Carol\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Carol LeBaron is a textile artist living in the mountains of East Tennessee. She has been active in the textile arts arena for over twenty-five years, specializing in signature techniques with resist dye and stitch using wool and silk with acid dyes. Her exhibitions are centered on environment and sustainable practices, creating environments that fuel health and wellbeing| Her in person and online workshops explore color, creativity, and active meditation techniques. She has taught textile arts at Rhode Island School of Design, East Tennessee State University, and Georgia State university, as well as craft schools including Penland, Arrowmont, Haystack, Pacific Northwest Arts School, Pro Chemical and Dye, as well as for various guilds and private clients. Her work has been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally. Currently she divides her time between teaching and commission work.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carollebaronart\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carollebaronstudio\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carollebaron\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@carollebaron\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/author\/caroll\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Have you ever heard of an underground forest? - Carol LeBaron","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Have you ever heard of an underground forest? - Carol LeBaron","og_description":"Underground Forest. Photo credit Rachel Sussman Oldest Living Things. 13,000 year old. Dwarf mobola(and others) Latin parinari capensis These woody plants hide underground!!! This plant structure in South Africa has adapted to its fire prone environment in an amazing way. Many species that live in the bushveld ecoregion here have grown thick bark that will [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/","og_site_name":"Carol LeBaron","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carollebaronart","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carollebaronart","article_published_time":"2024-02-21T14:09:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-10T00:52:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Carol","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carol","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/"},"author":{"name":"Carol","@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7b71ef263c88ec9c4048b614b52b66d"},"headline":"Have you ever heard of an underground forest?","datePublished":"2024-02-21T14:09:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-10T00:52:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/"},"wordCount":271,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7b71ef263c88ec9c4048b614b52b66d"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg","keywords":["environment","nature"],"articleSection":["Inspiration","Life &amp; Spirituality"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/","url":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/","name":"Have you ever heard of an underground forest? - Carol LeBaron","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-21T14:09:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-10T00:52:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Underground-forest.jpg","width":800,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/have-you-ever-heard-of-an-underground-forest\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Have you ever heard of an underground forest?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/","name":"Carol LeBaron","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7b71ef263c88ec9c4048b614b52b66d"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7b71ef263c88ec9c4048b614b52b66d","name":"Carol","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/C0004T01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/C0004T01.png","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Carol"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"Carol LeBaron is a textile artist living in the mountains of East Tennessee. She has been active in the textile arts arena for over twenty-five years, specializing in signature techniques with resist dye and stitch using wool and silk with acid dyes. Her exhibitions are centered on environment and sustainable practices, creating environments that fuel health and wellbeing| Her in person and online workshops explore color, creativity, and active meditation techniques. She has taught textile arts at Rhode Island School of Design, East Tennessee State University, and Georgia State university, as well as craft schools including Penland, Arrowmont, Haystack, Pacific Northwest Arts School, Pro Chemical and Dye, as well as for various guilds and private clients. Her work has been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally. Currently she divides her time between teaching and commission work.","sameAs":["https:\/\/carollebaron.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carollebaronart","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carollebaronstudio\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carollebaron\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@carollebaron"],"url":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/author\/caroll\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4866"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4868,"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4866\/revisions\/4868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carollebaron.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}