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narrates _The Genius of Trees(https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/460052/the-genius-of-trees-by-rix-harriet/9781847927828)”_ A captivating global story that reveals The innovative and astonishing ways in which trees have learned to shape our natural world. Over hundreds of millions of years, from prehistoric forests to the trees surrounding us today, We see trees using fire as a tool for reproduction, exploiting large mammals to spread their seeds (though poisoning smaller, less useful mammals), and splitting rocks to create fertile ground in the barren landscape. Because we are discovering that trees manipulate basic elements, including plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, and even humans, to achieve their goals. From the laurel cloud forests of the Canary Islands to the magnificent oaks of Iraq, from the giant sequoias of California to the junipers on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, trees shape their environments. Combining excitement and experience, this original and profound exploration of dendrology is a stunning new way to understand the wonders of our natural world. _The Genius of Trees_ gives us hope for the future. It enables us to see trees, for the first time, not as victims but as agents of change in a great environmental narrative – and as key actors in the great drama of life on Earth.