Things We Heart – March 2016 Edition
We’ve rounded up some of the best tree stuff on the web for your enjoyment. Check out this month’s highlights below:
German forest ranger finds that trees have social networks, too.
Writer and forest ranger Peter Wohlleben has captivated public imagination with a fact long-known to biologists: trees are social beings.
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REVEALED: Greatest collection of ancient oak trees in Europe.
At least 60 Middle Age oaks (established 960 – 1196AD) have been unearthed on the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, making it the largest collection of ancient trees in Britain.
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As Disneyland prepares for “Star Wars” land, it is saving trees that could be in the way.
Trees that are 20, 30 and even 60 years old are being transplanted into a new area of Disneyland park, which will soon be transformed into a “Star Wars” landscape. Nearly 1,000 trees, old and new, will be used for the project.
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Free trees offered for tornado-hit Mayflower, Virginia.
Up to 6,200 free trees will be offered this week to residents of Mayflower and Vilonia to help replace those damaged or destroyed by a 2014 tornado.
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I’ve long thought that trees are just as social as us and possibly even more. I have found that if I plant trees in pairs, they tend to grow slightly faster and are far healthier…!
Such cool, interesting facts about trees. I also believe in the collective network of trees. It’s also really noble of disneyland to be preserving trees and redeveloping their landscape to do so
Awesome articles. Good to see the trees in disneyland were relocated instead of being scrapped. Trees make this planet truly beautiful.