Beneath the Norfolk pines lies a thick carpet of spongy mat. The leaves are quite hard, but remain on their branches when they fall to create a texture not unlike that of a rubber mat.
The scientific name heterophylla ("different leaves") was apparently a description of the variation in the leaves between young and adult plants
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Oddly these remind me very much of rope.
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