The wisdom of trees

A HEALTHY FOREST HUMS with aboveground stimuli: deer shuffling through dead leaves, breezes ruffling conifer needles, squirrels dropping seeds. The trees, while they appear to stand still, play an important role in this synergy, which can feel almost sentient. Below the surface, fungi connect with tree roots and with each other, facilitating a flow of communication and allowing the trees to share energy, nutrients and intelligence.

“We have always known that plants and animals have their own councils, and a, in 2013. “In the old times, our elders say, the trees talked to each other.”