Heartwood-How-Trees-Grow: How Trees Grow, Breathe, and Hold the World Together

Rooted is a short field guide to the quiet giants that shape our world. In ten concise chapters, it follows a single tree from seed to towering canopy, then goes underground to reveal the hidden fungal networks trees use to share resources and warnings with their neighbors. Along the way, it visits the tallest, oldest, and widest trees on Earth, and explains why forests are one of the planet's most important tools against a warming climate.

Inside, you'll discover:

• How a tree builds itself, ring by ring, from a single seed

• Why leaves change color in autumn — and how photosynthesis really works

• The "wood wide web" — the underground network trees use to communicate

• Record-holding giants: the tallest redwood, the oldest bristlecone pine, and more

• How forests cool cities, store carbon, and shape rainfall far beyond their borders

Written in clear, everyday language with quick-reference fact boxes throughout, Rooted is for anyone who has ever paused under a tree's shade and wondered what's really going on beneath the bark.

Genre: Popular Science / Nature & Ecology (Nonfiction)