But Why Live: Trees
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
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Can Trees Communicate With Other Plants?
Katie, Penelope and Alexia want to know if trees communicate with other plants. Katie: Fungus is the little sort of code to life that's in every cell. You can figure out which types of fungi are there by reading those different codes. So any plants that form these mycorrhizae with compatible species can form a network. And we see examples of this when birch tree and coniferous tree working together.
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