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Zach St. George is a science reporter who has written for the Atlantic, Scientific American, and Out-side, among other publications. He earned a degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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For those who don't know a lot about trees, this can be an excellent introduction. There's sufficient scientific information to convey the wonder of trees without overwhelming one.
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Treebeard_404 | 2 andere besprekingen | Jan 23, 2024 |
This was a little different than I expected. I thought it was going to be more about the natural "movement" of trees and how that was accomplished, how frequently, the causes, etc., sort of a natural history. There was some of that, but it seemed to be more about the author's experience on how and why to move trees now.
 
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Wren73 | 2 andere besprekingen | Mar 4, 2022 |
Some interesting factoids about trees, and what happens in a changing climate. Tree species grow best where they grow best, and not where they don't. This simple fact results in stands of trees of certain species in certain places that remain in stasis. For example the seed that falls from a tree into a place it doesn't do well will not grow there, thus the stand tends to stay in place unmoving and eternal. But if the climate changes this upsets the balance and trees begin to move, sometime rapidly. Birds can carry seeds thousands of miles in a single season. The old stands may die off and are replaced with new, while the original species may move somewhere else more favorable. Some species like Sequoia used to cover much of the north hemisphere and are today relegated to small pocket valleys on the west coast, hanging on to those few remaining places where they do best. A fascinating perspective on how mobile forests are, when you take the long view.… (meer)
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