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 Poor soil? 

The phrase ""poor"" is used in article to describe the ground. This must mean.....soil unsuitable for growing crops? .... it's obviously pretty fine soil for Karri.  Or.....does this mean something else.. that Karri has an ecological niche alowing it to grow where other similar trees cannot?

Apparently the writer is quoting some source.  That source should be explicit.

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