Crown Shyness : What? Why? How? Explained

Have you ever observed trees social distancing ? They did it before and after the pandemic. Read this article to find out more about this strange behavior of the trees.

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What exactly is Crown Shyness?

Crown shyness is something found in old and tall trees, usually of the same species. When there are many trees in the area, what the trees do is quite fascinating. The crowded trees would never touch each other’s crown, making a very beautiful looking puzzle created by nature. Through my eyes it looks like a map.

How Does it happen?

That’s an unknown question. When I heard about crown shyness for myself for the first time, the thing that popped into my mind was how and why does this behave like this. Well I was really disappointed to know that there was no reason why this happens. But there are some theories about this since I don’t want to spoil the curiosity inside you 😊.

Theory 1

The theory that most people and scientists accept is that crown shyness is a way for trees to optimize light exposure, since sunlight is required for both the trees and the animals below and above the trees.

Theory 2

Some believe that it is to prevent the damage of branches during the windy season. Since during heavy winds the branches rub with each other and ends up damaging the branches of the trees. So they keep a distance from each other so that they won’t collide with each other during the windy season.

Theory 3

Some scientists say that crown shyness is another version social distancing. They keep distance from each other to prevent the spreading of diseases. When I heard about this for the first time it reminded me of the ants, I‘ve heard that the ants also follow social distancing when there is a virus or anything like that So that they can prevent the spreading of the disease .

Conclusion

From all of this, my final take on Crown Shyness is that trees have some kind of brain inside them just like the ants and we humans have not yet discovered everything about nature. Hope you have a nice day and 👋.

-Rajat KR