I saw a tweet this week about how trees are a product of convergent evolution that happened 100s of millions of years apart. Maple trees are more closely related to dandy lions then they are to pine trees.
Dads love to call Skip Prosser a “class act”
just viewing them more as interconnected things that actually communicate vs individual entities, much more of a vibe
also the parts about how fallen/dead ones lead to so much more biodiversity and spawning of new growth, kinda gives a new perspective on DEATH too