"Striking image of a recently burned tree, exposing its vascular tissue, the xylem and phloem.
A tree’s vascular system carries water and minerals from the roots up to the leaves, and photosynthesized food back down to the rest of the tree."
The piece earlier this year in THE DAILY by New York Times about the symbiotic relationships of trees to other trees in the forest is really quite amazing and a testament to how our species should conduct itself