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For tonight's talk, I invite you to a long moment in the woods. We explore the origins of plants and how they evolved from microscopic algae to mosses, ferns, seed plants with or without flowers. I also discuss the life cycle of trees, what they are made of, and many aspects that often go unnoticed such as their ability to exchange signals, connect by their roots, develop mutualistic relationships or adapt to different environments. We review extraordinary trees too: Hyperion, the tallest tree in the world, Methuselah, the oldest independent tree (both in California); the Arbol de Tule, the stouter known tree (Mexico), and extremely old clonal colonies like Old Tjikko in Sweden and Pando in Utah.

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Credits: Narration by Olimpia, script by The French Whisperer and Olimpia, editing by Sarah, visuals by the French Whisperer, under Wikipedia Commons, or under license from Panthermedia, Freepik, Canstock and Shutterstock.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:45 Trees in myths and legends
07:39 What is a tree?
11:27 The origins of plants
14:18 First terrestrial plants
17:27 Lichen
19:13 Ferns, and spores
23:08 Sexual reproduction among plants
27:17 Seeds, flowering plants and fruits
33:31 Gymnosperms
35:02 Deciduous vs evergreen plants
39:47 Grasses
42:52 Internal structure of trees
48:34 Xylem, phloem and sap
53:57 Roots, fungi and tree communities
58:27 Communication between trees?
1:00:48 Superlative trees