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percent of the sunlight.

The difference is that it is even darker under the leaves of their cohort that has pulled ahead than it was under their mothers.

it makes its way up around the little trunks, always twining in a clockwise direction.

A healthy tree doesn’t bother to sink energy into developing that kind of growth, preferring instead to extend the reach of its crown up above.

Quando a lacuna criada por uma árvore caída se fecha por causa do crescimento das copas das árvores que se encontram ao redor, elas voltam a se apoiar umas nas outras. Com isso, podem outra vez empregar mais energia para crescer em altura do que em diâmetro de tronco.

one and three years.

a natural catastrophe could still throw everything into turmoil.

But if we take a closer look, the whole thing is a big mystery, because it means that trees need something very important: a sense of time.

Coppicing was popular because people were so poor in those days that they couldn’t afford to wait any longer for new wood.