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lucky11
· 5 years ago
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I'm pretty sure most of a trees mass is above ground. This would mean the below ground part is the snorkel or more a apt description would be a straw.
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jokur_and_batmon
· 5 years ago
Don’t get me wrong I only ever studied fungi and flowering plants, but a plant is actually underground and using the above as a snorkel. You can essentially remove the mushroom from the above but if the roots are still there more will come, because the top is only there to collect light, air, and the opposite sex. In a sense the “brain” of a plant is the roots
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lucky11
· 5 years ago
So I can't say for all trees as every species is different but from the University of Washington's Department of Natural Resource there is a published paper that shows the total biomass of a Douglas fur and it's distribution. Apparently about 83% of the total mass is above ground. Here's a link to the pdf of the relevant chapter: www.ruraltech.org/projects/conversions/briggs_conversions/briggs_ch11/chapter11_combined.pdf Now like I said it's not universal for all trees but it's likely very similar for most of them.
guest
· 5 years ago
Trees breathe in through their roots and out their leaves. That's why cutting leaves off is common, but watering too much will drown and kill it. Soo... It's more like its face is underground and it farts out oxygen above ground.
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funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
It's closer to fiddy fiddy.
negan
· 5 years ago
Or... Mother Nature lives in the earth and uses trees as a snorkel.
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calvinoot
· 5 years ago
Slurping that dying ozone
ewqua
· 5 years ago
If I remember correctly, mushrooms are the fungus's genitals peeking above ground. Most of the organism lives below. So it's like if you buried a dude close to the surface and left his dick peek out of the ground.
