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A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
Rules
This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
There's no way you're going to get Hickory growing naturally in your garden, unless your garden is in some very specific parts of the world.
So how do I skip the weeds and grasslands stages and go directly to mature oak-hickory forest, then?
Artificially plant and water the trees. Gather a lot or pile of branches for dead wood, one of the defining parts of an old growth forest.