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the silent giants that have been quietly running the planet since before dinosaurs
means Large woody perennial plants with a single main trunk that supports branches, leaves, and a spreading crown, typically living for many years.
from From Old English 'treow,' meaning both 'tree' and 'wood'—a word with deep Germanic roots and likely cousins across the Indo-European family, including Greek 'drys' (oak) and 'doru' (wood/spear). The same ancient root also gives us 'true' and 'trust,' carrying the old sense of something firm, steadfast, and reliably solid—as enduring as the timber itself.
- underground internet
- roots trade nutrients through fungal networks called the wood wide web
- oldest living
- some bristlecone pines are over 4,800 years old
- breathing buddies
- one mature tree exhales oxygen for two people yearly
- talk back
- attacked trees release chemicals to warn their neighbors
- sheer scale
- earth holds roughly three trillion trees right now
methuselah — great basin bristlecone pine in california, over 5,000 years old
hyperion — coast redwood in humboldt county california, 380 feet tall, tallest tree on earth
general sherman — giant sequoia in sequoia national park california, largest tree by volume
pando — quaking aspen clone in utah, 40,000 stems from single root system, heaviest organism