I love the idea of trees being communal beings - of sharing resources and caring for their young. We think of trees and plants as being so solitary and so slow as to be almost static and unchanging, so this whole idea of them helping one another in the underground world blows my mind.
It makes trees seem so much more like us - a community who need each other. If we take a tree and plant it alone in a pot are we harming it as much as putting a person alone in a cell? Does it need it's "community" to be well? Do we harm this fungal network with all our landscaping and interfering? What could we do instead to make sure the trees are cared for while still getting what we as a species need to be happy and healthy?
It makes trees seem so much more like us - a community who need each other. If we take a tree and plant it alone in a pot are we harming it as much as putting a person alone in a cell? Does it need it's "community" to be well? Do we harm this fungal network with all our landscaping and interfering? What could we do instead to make sure the trees are cared for while still getting what we as a species need to be happy and healthy?
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