Exploring Nature: Trees

Trees are one of man’s best friends.

Their leaves give shade in summer; their wood provides logs for heat in winter. The pulp of wood is turned into paper, such as that on which these words are printed.

The poet Joyce Kilmer famously wrote that a tree “may in summer wear, a nest of robins in her hair.” And certainly all sorts of wildlife depend on trees for food and shelter. As do we humans.