How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other in the Forest | Decoder

National Geographic

2018

How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other in the Forest | Decoder

What do trees talk about? In the Douglas fir forests of Canada, see how trees “talk” to each other by forming underground symbiotic relationshipscalled mycorrhizaewith fungi to relay stress signals and share resources with one another. Read “Talking Trees” in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine to learn more about the Douglas fir forests of Canada and the work of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard.