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> I suspect that this is way more common than we think I can't really think of a mechanism that would allow a tree to get nutrients from extruded sap normally(
by melissalobos 4y ago
> I suspect that this is way more common than we think
I can't really think of a mechanism that would allow a tree to get nutrients from extruded sap normally(most other plants don't tend to produce much sap in my recollection). In general I think other mechanisms are much more likely for nitrogen fixation.
- 0des 4y agoSap catches insects, then falls off to the ground below, rain then dissolves the dead insects and sap which returns to the roots and mycorrhizae that feed the tree and distal forest network.