The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature Book 1)
Peter Wohllebenamazon.com
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature Book 1)
assistance may either be delivered remotely by fungal networks around the root tips—which facilitate nutrient exchange between trees1—or the roots themselves may be interconnected.2
Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller
I have been thinking about growth and decay, the interplay between the two, the way all growth requires regeneration, which in turn requires a shedding, a composting, a reconstituting of old material. We don’t always know what needs to be shed, or what the optimal direction of growth is. This is where the “blind optimism” of a tree is helpful — the... See more
Kinship: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Love Poem to Trees, Transience, and Eternity
the all-day, every-day stimulation created by wind, that dictates the girth of a tree’s trunk and branches as well as how often and at what angles a tree branches. Doesn’t that just blow you away? (What I find most interesting about this is, how does a tree store this mechanical input? Trees grow so high and for so long, they have to store the mech
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Ice ages are hugely influential. As the centuries get increasingly colder, trees must retreat to more southerly climes. If the shift takes place slowly over many generations, trees in Central Europe, for example, successfully relocate to the Mediterranean region.