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earlier related idea

I believe that an atmosphere-sustaining plant on Luna was a centerpiece in the juvenile SF novel "The Lotus Caves" written in 1969 by John Christopher, but I don't have a copy on hand in order to check the details. -- Woozle 21:34, 6 December 2005 (UTC) reply

another reference

Heart of the Comet, David Brin & Gregory Benford, 1986? Amazon link

Perhaps we should mention Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain as a film featuring a spacefaring tree. I mean, especially if we're going to count the forest dome in Silent Running as a "tree". :) -- Quuxplusone ( talk) 09:10, 6 November 2008 (UTC) reply

Integral Trees

Larry Niven's Integral Trees seem to fit also.

Scott McNay ( talk) 01:22, 15 September 2014 (UTC) reply

Skunk Cabbage

The skunk cabbage in the introduction is a link to a disambiguation page, which is a bit sad.

Of the plants on that list, I think that Western skunk cabbage /info/en/?search=Symplocarpus_foetidus is the only thermogenic plant. 222.152.27.40 ( talk) 08:47, 5 September 2021 (UTC) reply

Alice Grove

Link to Dyson Trees (called Praeses in universe) in the comic by Jeph Jacques.

Episode One
47.186.3.200 ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 19:04, 10 November 2023 (UTC) reply
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

earlier related idea

I believe that an atmosphere-sustaining plant on Luna was a centerpiece in the juvenile SF novel "The Lotus Caves" written in 1969 by John Christopher, but I don't have a copy on hand in order to check the details. -- Woozle 21:34, 6 December 2005 (UTC) reply

another reference

Heart of the Comet, David Brin & Gregory Benford, 1986? Amazon link

Perhaps we should mention Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain as a film featuring a spacefaring tree. I mean, especially if we're going to count the forest dome in Silent Running as a "tree". :) -- Quuxplusone ( talk) 09:10, 6 November 2008 (UTC) reply

Integral Trees

Larry Niven's Integral Trees seem to fit also.

Scott McNay ( talk) 01:22, 15 September 2014 (UTC) reply

Skunk Cabbage

The skunk cabbage in the introduction is a link to a disambiguation page, which is a bit sad.

Of the plants on that list, I think that Western skunk cabbage /info/en/?search=Symplocarpus_foetidus is the only thermogenic plant. 222.152.27.40 ( talk) 08:47, 5 September 2021 (UTC) reply

Alice Grove

Link to Dyson Trees (called Praeses in universe) in the comic by Jeph Jacques.

Episode One
47.186.3.200 ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 19:04, 10 November 2023 (UTC) reply

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