Fairy circles are often encircled by a ring of stimulated grass growth.
Sources
- Fairy circle (arid grass formation) (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12342241/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01431-0 (nature.com)
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