How do trees communicate

Break-out room, 10 minutes.

Room 1

(Adam Behlen, Ana Obara Takano, Karla und Cara, Linda Elsner, Maria Ladopoulos, Tanja Al Kayyali)

underneath the earth, roots and flow of nutrients

 

leaves - indicator for health of the tree

 

pollination via insects 

diseases spread across trees via insects/animals

fruits / seeds 

 

circle of life - dead tree parts are nutrients / fertilizer for next growing tree 🌲 

 

filtration systems for humans/animals - clean air 

 

intertwining of branches, growing together

 

communicating survival of the fittest, dense forrest situations, access to sunlight

 

touching through force of wind (crown)

Room 2

(Clarissa, Gloria Gammer, Luise von Zimmermann, nikolozka, Veronika Limmer, Volkher Karl Wieland Lemke)

smell emissions (like resin, for example)

they communicate with their mizells, via roots

chemicals in water they transport

pollen, 

insect messenger

sounds ( of sap of the trees ,...)

perhaps with their leafs 

colours, e.g. of leaves, bark, blossoms

Mykorriza as communication leader

Room 3

(Alex, emeka ene, Filipe, Ole, Paul Seidler, Robert Schnüll)

volatiles for inter and intra tree  and 

interspecies communication

does communication imply intention?

mycelium networks

through sound? through light?

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