Trees are living organisms that receive nourishment and grow. Interestingly, they also communicate with one another. The following guide will explain this lesser-known nature fact.

How Do Trees Communicate with One Another?

While trees use their roots to absorb water and nutrients, they also use them to communicate. They send chemical, hormonal, and electronic pulses other trees can understand. Through this underground network, they can provide valuable insights to help one another survive.

What Do They Convey? 

Signals are often sent about dangers and threats. For example, if there’s a change in climate or an insect infestation in one part of a forest, signals can be sent to others as a warning to increase their resistance through higher nutrient absorption or the fungal growth.

Those in need of additional water and nutrients can also reach out to their bigger, healthier neighbors who can transfer these assets through the soil and underground networks of fungi. They can even ask their neighbors to move over — as observed when the branches of nearby trees seem to grow in a way that accommodates each other.

What Do They Add to Your Property?

This communication indicates trees are genetically geared toward coexistence. They’re not only aware of one another, but they’re  also helping each other because they know there is sustainability in numbers.

Adding them to your yard during a landscaping project can do more than improve the scenery. It can also help strengthen other trees nearby and keep them healthier. 

If you want a lawn filled with beautiful trees or a garden full of gorgeous shrubs, visit Edgefield Plant & Stone Center in Greensboro, NC. This garden center has 30 years of experience serving the Triad area and surrounding locations with landscape and hardscape services. To contact this licensed, bonded, and insured expert, visit their website or call (336) 662-0081.