The Secret Life of Trees

My friend just told me something rather wonderful about the trees in the forest. Apparently, they are all connected to and support each other.
Even the tiniest tree is part of a wonderful support system that means that it can grow, even in the shade of bigger trees.
The whole forest is connected via an amazing web of yellow and white fungi that carry carbon, water and nutrients from the roots of one tree to the other. The bigger trees provide the most support.
No tree stands alone.
Next time I go for a walk in the woods, (there are no forests here where I live,) I will be thinking about this amazing this incredible ecosystem with the fungi busily helping the trees to keep connected.

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