“If the Mother Tree was trying to make a favorable place for her seedlings, then she would encourage their growth, so send more nutrients to those seedlings…and they would grow better.
If the Mother Tree knew that the environment around her was not hospitable for her young, in other words if there were diseases or insects around, then she would make it difficult for the seedlings to grow, she would be more antagonistic towards them or become more competitive.
And this said to me that the Mother Tree was communicating with her young in order to favor the survival of those seedlings, whether they should be further away or close to her, depending on how favorable the environment was.”
-Dr. Suzanne Simard
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