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***Not much hope for this. It's an aquatic plant, and doesn't tolerate frost. | ***Not much hope for this. It's an aquatic plant, and doesn't tolerate frost. | ||
***But we can perhaps plant anew every year, collecting seeds from harvest for next year's re-planting. | ***But we can perhaps plant anew every year, collecting seeds from harvest for next year's re-planting. | ||
*See about transplanting some deep-rooted, drought-tolerant, and flood-tolerant trees to some non-agricultural areas, for firewood and so on. | *See about transplanting some deep-rooted, drought-tolerant, and flood-tolerant trees to some non-agricultural areas, for firewood and so on. Recall that Bactria only gets about 176 mm of rain per year on average. | ||
**[[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Afghan Pine]], or [[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Eldar Pine]], is very drought-, heat-, and cold-resistant and is native to modern-day Afghanistan. | **[[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Afghan Pine]], or [[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Eldar Pine]], is very drought-, heat-, and cold-resistant and is native to modern-day Afghanistan. | ||
**[[wikipedia:Cedrus_deodara|Deodar Cedar]], aka Himalayan cedar, grows East of Bactria and can survive cold winters. | **[[wikipedia:Cedrus_deodara|Deodar Cedar]], aka Himalayan cedar, grows East of Bactria and can survive cold winters. | ||