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Solitude
Christian • 1 card
To grow its trunk, a mature beech needs as much sugar and cellulose as there is in a 2.5-acre field of wheat. Of course, it takes not 1 but 150 years to grow such a mighty structure, but once it’s up there, hardly any other plants—except for other trees—can reach it, and the rest of its life is worry free.
Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature Book 1)
digital garden
réka • 6 cards
The deep woods are as alien as the deepest ocean where life has its own priorities
Inside, the fungi break down all barriers and penetrate deep into the wood at the heart of the tree.
Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller
forests are superorganisms with interconnections much like ant colonies.
Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller
chemical signals sent through the fungal networks around their root tips, which operate no matter what the weather.