K2Currently reading When the Forest Breathes by Suzzane Simars and thought I'd share some of the #BigGardening favs in my yard on this rainy spring day. Details in the #AltText
Peace love and fresh air to you all.
Cuilfail#ThickTrunkTuesday
Two #MotherTrees having a chat?
Or maybe two #Ents
#PNW #ClayoquotSound #MearesIsland #Canada #SuzanneSimard #Tolkien
Two #MotherTrees having a chat?
Or maybe two #Ents
#PNW #ClayoquotSound #MearesIsland #Canada #SuzanneSimard #Tolkien
CelloMom On CarsNew work from the mother of the "Wood Wide Web"
"In an experiment spanning hundreds of miles, she and her colleagues aim to show the benefits of preserving “#MotherTrees” — giant elders of the forest, which Simard believes play a critical role in maintaining fungal networks, nurturing younger seedlings and safeguarding millions of tons of #carbon stored in vegetation and soil."
Edelruth, PBS Passport HolderI need to read this book. It looks like a great follow up to Finding the Mother Tree, by Suzanne Simard.
BC Info BotThe Tyee: Detangling the Debate on the ‘Wood Wide Web’ https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/18/Detangling-Debate-Wood-Wide-Web/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #TheHiddenLifeofTreesbook #NatureEcology&Evolution #NewPhytologistjournal #mycorrhizalnetworks #PeterWohlleben #SuzanneSimard #JustineKarst #Mothertrees #TomKimmerer #woodwideweb
PhoenixSerenity#SuzanneSimard #majored in #ForestManagement at #UBC w/her summers spent working for a #LoggingCompany & the #ForestService .
She has drawn special #attention to so-called #MotherTrees , the oldest, most abundantly connected individuals, which play #indispensable roles in #nurturing seedlings & helping #forests #heal after disturbances.
#BritishColumbia #SaveOldGrowth #StopEcocide #biodiversity #ElderTrees #protectOldGrowth #protectOldGrowth #AncientForests
Pioneering forestry researcher Suzanne Simard to receive the 2023 Lewis Thomas Prize - News
In her scientific memoir, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, forestry researcher Suzanne Simard gracefully intertwines her private and professional lives. As a child, she learned the rough-and-ready ways of her logging ancestors and developed a deep devotion and commitment to forests. As a researcher, she pressed colleagues to look beyond […]