Word: arenaria
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...doomed forest and fields. Most conspicuous event was the quick death of the pines; but humbler plants died too, or their seeds failed to germinate. The only successful survivors were species of plants that can spring up from deep perennial roots. One annual weed, a kind of Arenaria, grew with unnatural vigor; its seeds apparently thrived on radiation...
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