Finding the Mother Tree – A Conversation with Suzanne Simard
Emergence Magazine Podcast
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The Woods Are All Connected
Douglas fir loves being around birch because it's healthy. Birch has got all these other features like it harbors bacteria that are antagonistic to pathogenic fungi in the soil. Douglas fir doesn't get infected. It's enriched by the nutrients from the birch leaves. And so in a sense, they're selecting to be together like a group selection.
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