The Wood-Wide Web: How Trees Talk

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A vast network of fungi, the 'Wood-Wide Web', links nearly every tree, creating a subterranean information highway. Through these fungal threads, trees share vital resources like carbon and water, and even send chemical warnings about insect attacks. In Douglas-fir forests, large, older 'mother trees' act as central hubs, connecting to hundreds of others. These hubs nurture the next generation, sending life-sustaining nutrients to seedlings struggling in the shade, ensuring the forest's future.

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