Smoke trees (also known as... - Mojave Desert Land Trust

🔎 Have you ever seen a ‘flying tree’ before? 🌱 Also known as ‘air cuckoos’, flying trees are trees that sprout in the crevices of hollowing ancient tree trunks, and gradually grow roots that reach all the way down the trunk to the ground. 🌳 Here (in the @tarras_valley_reserve, Scotland) rowan berries dispersed by birds, and birch seeds carried by the wind, have grown into flying trees on an ancient alder trunk. 🍄 It goes to show just how many living things can be supported by ancient trees o

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