10/08/2026
😢🌳For the 250 year old Grandmother Cottonwood Trees cut down in Lochiel, Arizona on 10/5/26 for a new border wall . . .
"It is enough to make one pause, take a deep breath, and contemplate the social nature of the forest and how this is critical for evolution."
For the 250 year old Grandmother Cottonwood Trees cut down in Lochiel, Arizona on 10/5/26 for a new border wall . . .
“This Mother Tree was the central hub that the saplings and seedlings nested around, with threads of different fungal species, of different colors and weights, linking them, layer upon layer, in a strong, complex web . . .
The older trees are able to discern which seedlings are their own kin. The old trees nurture the young ones and provide them food and water just as we do with our own children. It is enough to make one pause, take a deep breath, and contemplate the social nature of the forest and how this is critical for evolution. The fungal network appears to wire the trees for fitness. And more. These old trees are mothering their children. The Mother Trees.
When Mother Trees—the majestic hubs at the center of forest communication, protection, and sentience—die, they pass their wisdom to their kin, generation after generation, sharing the knowledge of what helps and what harms, who is friend or foe, and how to adapt and survive in an ever-changing landscape. It’s what all parents do.”
~ Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Art: Amalia Rachel
Amalia Rachel
