Fairy circles are circular patches of barren land that vary between 2 and 12 metres in diameter.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent peer-reviewed sources (PLOS ONE and related studies) consistently report the 2–12 m diameter range for fairy circles, directly corroborating the claim. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.5 clusters=1 claim_tier=notable] [kind-backfill 2026-09-15: kind=empirical eligibility=medium] [harvest 2026-09-17: +2 source(s) on new hosts; tier unverified->gold indep=1.0 clusters=3]
Sources
- Fairy circle (arid grass formation) (wikipedia)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12342241/ (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744476/ (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4625006/ (corroboration)
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0140099 (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629921001368 (corroboration)