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Did you know: trees communicate with eachother?

trees can communicate with each other through underground fungal networks called mycorrhizae. These networks allow trees to share nutrients and even send warning signals to one another.
Here's how it works:
Mycorrhizal Networks:
Fungi form symbiotic relationships with tree roots, creating a vast underground network known as the "wood wide web".
Nutrient Exchange:
Trees can share resources like sugars and other nutrients with each other through these networks, especially helpful for young saplings or trees under stress.
Warning Signals:
Trees can send chemical and electrical signals through the network to alert others about threats like insect attacks or diseases.
Increased Resilience:
This communication and resource sharing enhances the overall health and resilience of the forest ecosystem.
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fun4us2b · M
Yes, this is amazing. Here's a book you might like, I read awhile ago, it's not too dry and has lots about this and more.

@fun4us2b thank you!
Neoerectus · M
Looks like other plants do as well.

So, basically, plants communicate cross species for the higher good better than we hume-apes do within our own species...

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@Neoerectus ohhhh, my friend, you should not have told me that. My curious mind will try to pick at yours about all things forests
Neoerectus · M
@Bexsy Was mostly doing other things non-forestry in the years before retirement... Now focused on remodel projects, rebuilding telescope, etc. now.
Neoerectus · M
Dr. Suzanne Simard, a professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia has worked out this over decades....
@Neoerectus someone posted a cool video of her talking of it below
Neoerectus · M
@Bexsy Ah. Cool. She has an interesting history (retired forester here)
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and those that don't want to communicate say leave me alone
And here I thought they would just “bark” at each other 🤭
Longpatrol · 31-35, M
Love to jack my headphones into a forest and hear their symphony if I could
Ferric67 · M
Remember the movie The Happening
@Ferric67 I do actually
JohnnySpot · 56-60, M
They have conspired to wreak havoc in our main line.
KnowOne · 46-50, M
[media=https://youtu.be/Un2yBgIAxYs]
@KnowOne nature is amazing

 
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