Beneath the quiet shade of towering trees, a secret world pulses with life, invisible to the casual hiker and even seasoned ...

A tree’s underground root system can extend up to 20 feet deep in ideal soil conditions, and spread over an even greater area ...

“They are very considerate in sharing the sunlight, and their root ... “All the trees here, and in every forest that is not too damaged, are connected to each other through underground fungal ...