Little Green SpaceA single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less.
Rhia Janta-Cooper Art@LGSpace Exactly.
Heidi@LGSpace after my son had died a very old oak tree was the first creature I could tell my grief and sorrow.
@Heidi So sorry to hear this. I hope the tree, and nature, continue to bring you some comfort.
SufferForMe 🆘It's likely that in 1000 years the earth will still be here. It will still be beautiful. There will still be life here. Nature always finds a way.
Whether we the human race will be here to witness it and appreciate it is less certain.
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Dumbledore@LGSpace Definitely!
JeniParsons@LGSpace collected acorns from our great oak in the farmyard and will plant them in our hedges
Paddy K 🇮🇪 🇸🇪@LGSpace Not to mention the acorns which can, with a little work, be eaten and are delicious.
Sue@LGSpace
A resounding yes from me
A resounding yes from me
Deborah Vass@LGSpace this is just the sort of oak I love to sit and draw!
Kispexi2@LGSpace Magical.
shellfishmeme@LGSpace which is why planting tree schemes does not cut it - preserving ancient forests is vital and should be prioritized because of those established systems above and below the soil.
@shellfishmeme absolutely, well said.
Frank Amari"For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes & families, in forests & groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone.. In their highest boughs the world rustles, their roots rest in infinity; but they do not lose themselves there, they struggle with all the force of their lives for one thing only: to fulfill themselves according to their own laws, to build up their own form, to represent themselves.." - Hermann Hesse
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Patricia Howell@LGSpace Unfortunately developers have been felling a few of them in the SWest and everywhere. It's irreparable for the climate, the landscape, the biodiversity 😢
@triciahow this is sad to hear –as you say, these ancient trees are so important for biodiversity and beyond.
hugo.@LGSpace very happy to have found you on Mastodon!
Paul Oxley ✅ 🎸 🎸 🎸@LGSpace I heard that oak trees breath out carbon dioxide at night but not in the winter because thay drop their leaves so overall they give out more oxygen than carbon dioxide. Perhaps you can clarify and does this mean evergreen trees give out equal amounts of both?
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Catherine McCarthy@LGSpace Am a few chapters into this book about trees, and thoroughly enjoying it. Author “spent over twenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany before leaving to put his ideas about ecology into practice. He now runs an environmentally friendly woodland, where he works for the return of primeval forests.”
Camille Tschaggeny
You S Blues@LGSpace - My favorite word that I learned in 2022 is Quercus