Spinifex grass and Desert Oak trees (Allocasuarina decaisneana) make a carpet of colour around Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territory, Australia

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Desert Oak Trees (Allocasuarina decaisneana) grow pencil like when young as the send down a tap root to find water. As they mature they spread branches and create a more conventional crown like structure.

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