Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees.

Chapter 3 & 4 Notes

Chapter 2 Notes

Foreword, Introductions, and Chapter 1 Notes

Chapter 5 The Tree Lottery

beeches and oaks blossom every 3 – 5 years

• vacate leaves to make room for blossoms (26)

• trees left vulnerable

• nothing left to defend against sickness or insects

• have to endure insect attack without responding (27)

• sick trees don’t produce fewer blossoms

• protect their genetic legacy

• blossom production has more to do with the previous year than the upcoming year (27)

seeds

• beeches and oaks

• seeds fall directly under mother trees

• sprout as quickly as possible (28)

• bird cherries

• pioneer species

• seeds can lie dormant for up to 5 years

only one tree will reach adulthood! (29)

• beeches = 30k beechnuts

• sexually mature @ 80 – 150 years

• live about 400 years

• 60 fruitings over that span

= 1.8 million beechnuts

• poplars

• 54 million seeds every year

• more than a billion seeds in a lifetime (30)