I started to write about my experience with an ash tree, but re-reading your beautiful description, I decided to be quiet and just listen to those slow words--drifts, slides, rises...
I have heard that trees communicate through the air via chemical exudations: if one tree is being bombarded with insects and is dying, it will send out a distress signal: "Protect yourselves! Insects are here!"
no subject
Date: 2005-10-16 10:22 am (UTC)I have heard that trees communicate through the air via chemical exudations: if one tree is being bombarded with insects and is dying, it will send out a distress signal: "Protect yourselves! Insects are here!"