In this episode of CPBBD we explore the flora and the unique ultramafic geology found in one of a handful of serpentine soil terranes on the island of Hispaniola. The product of a late Cretaceous subduction zone, this odd strip of geology was slapped onto the island arc like a spatula full of spackling paste. Because of the chemical stresses that this kind of geology puts on plants, it has caused the evolution of endemic, serpentine-tolerant species.
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