"The reason trees share food and communicate is that they need each other. It takes a forest to create a microclimate suitable for tree growth and sustenance. So it's not surprising that isolated trees have far shorter lives than those living connected together in forests."
- Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of Trees
I ♥ trees. Botanists now know that plants are "sentient" in their own way and do communicate with and support one another. I wonder why some people are okay with killing and eating plants but not animals.
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DeleteInteresting quote, Lisa. I have read that they communicate with each other using the fungi attached to their roots!
ReplyDeleteI hope your first week of Lent has gone well.
So far, so good, Clare. :) Yes, this book also mentions the fungi - I keep seeing a parallel there with human behavior.
DeleteI listened to a podcast on this, and read an article a while back, but I can't remember the specifics of what all goes on among the roots - you remind me that I want to revisit the subject! Glory to God for these wonderful complexities of life and nature.
ReplyDeleteYes, but also it seems to me they are meant to teach us something about His mind, and ourselves, if only we would listen.
DeleteWow. That's a good point to ponder.
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