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Most of the forest lives in the shadow of the giants that make up the highest canopy | |
These are the oldest trees,with hundreds of children and thousands of grandchildren | |
They check in with their neighbors, sharing food, supplies, and wisdom gained over their long lives | |
They do all this rooted in place, unable to speak, reach out, or more around | |
The secret to their success lies under the forest floor where vast root systems support the towering trunks above | |
Partnering with these roots are symbiotic fungi called mycorrhizae | |
These fungi have countless branching, thread - like hyphae that together make up the mycelium | |
The mycelium spreads across a much larger area than the tree root system and connect the roots of different trees together | |
These connections form mycorrhizal networks | |
Through mycorrhizal networks, fungi can past resources and signaling molecules between trees | |
We know the oldest trees have the largest mycorrhizal networks with the most connections to other trees, but these connections are incredibly complicated to trace |