The. Secret. Language. Of. Trees. Yes. Trees do talk. They do have their own language. Trees talk through their roots. Yes, their roots. The roots partner with a fungi called mycorrhizae. The mycorrhizae have millions of thread-like branches growing from them called hyphae. This makes up the mycelium. The mycelium spreads beyond the tree’s roots and connects all the trees together. The connections are called mycorrhizal networks. Jeez trees really like words that start with M. Though the network fungi passes resources and signaling molecules between all the trees. The oldest trees are the wisest and have the most connections to the other trees. The networks are super duper extremely hard to trace… like suuuuuuuuuuper hard. Because they are soooooooooooo complexe.
Trees talk to each other using a fungus chemical called mycelium. Some older trees produce more sugar than they actually need. This excess of sugar creates a marketplace. The trees have too much sugar. The fungi want the sugar. So the fungi that live off of sugar will trade with the trees. The trees will give the fungi sugar and the fungi will give the tree nutrients that it needs. This is known as mycorrhizae. Trees use this to send nutrients to other trees or to warn other trees about dangers. A group of researchers went into the forest and were able to see where the trees were connected and they figured out that one of the older trees was connected to 47 other trees using mycorrhizae .
Tree Talk
LANGUAGE MADNESS 