Friday, 13 July 2018

An Overview of Trees Social System

An Overview of Trees Social System
This drawing made by my little sister SYEDA KULSUM FATEMAH HANAFI
As we know that plants and trees are also a living things like us and other animals. Human have own language to communicate .....even animal have there own language and gesture to communicate to each other as well as plants can talking,trading and waging war to each other.On this topic many scientists research on it.Over thirty years period forest scientists revealed that trees have some amazing social skills trees can actually talk to each other.And this is not just a basic or simple communication either,they have an impressively large vocabulary.In forest there are hundreds of conversation happening right below to the ground but we can't hear a single word because trees don't communicate via speech,vocal or gestures......but they communicate through electrical impulses, just like the human nervous system.
An Overview of Trees Social System

Underneath the soil a tree's  roots spread horizontally.Roots are spread as far wide as the tree is tall.
As they grow...they intertwine and connect with the roots of all the other trees that surround it.
not only can a tree send electrical signal or impulse to  its direct neighbors but by relaying messages trees can talk to each other that are many tree apart this interconnected network of root,the system  has been nicknamed "WOOD WIDE WEB"
in another words we can also say that......the forest is one single organism.Basically in this system fungi and mycorrhiza do a very important role.The fungi connecting themselves into this hidden social networking system or simply we can say "the root-based social network" and provide nutrients and receive sugars.But recently scientists found there connection deeper then first thought,When trees get low on certain elements,which they use to grow such as Carbon,Sulphor and Phosphorus they send a request out into the WOOD WIDE WEB.The closest tree that has same enough amount of that elements,helps the another one by sharing required element.But the question is how do they share the nutrients ? 
The answer is that by plugging into the fungi in the network,tree can share resources and trees also carry physical elements all around,if they notice a particular tree is not getting enough sun light they slowly reconfigure their branches to let the extra light.They may even disconnect their roots from rotten or dead tree.They can count the passing days and keep track of how many warm or cold days there are throughout the summer and spring each years.They have personalities, there are both types of trees,good and bad tree.
Good trees helps there neighbors trees,plants and other organism. Whereas,Bad trees steal nutrients from other trees and plants.They even have wars some trees like Black Walnuts
An Overview of Trees Social System
BLACK WALNUT

spread toxins through network and harm or kills their rivals, either some trees like Peach and Oak protects there own even parents trees will helps there young ones by passing and sharing some nutrients for good growth.In this sense we can also say,that trees have ability to recognize and And they can understand the difference between themselves and others.
An Overview of Trees Social System

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