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And cotton grass will bloom on Mars

01.06.2003

As for apple trees, it is not yet clear, but, according to the American botanist James Graham, a modest terrestrial plant, cotton grass, will be able to grow on Mars.

Many are familiar with these thin twigs with a piece of something like cotton at the end, growing in humid places. Looking for plants that could survive in the harsh conditions of Mars, Graham found an extremely resistant species of cotton grass from Svalbard. But before sowing cotton grass, it will be necessary to prepare the Martian soil, populate it with microbes, which will provide the plants with the elements necessary for nutrition.

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