Used by humans for tools, houses, fuel, food and medicine, it is home to microbes, fungi and insects central to the food chain, and it is critical for sheltering other plants needed to make a forest.

人类用它来制造工具、房屋、燃料、食物和药品，它是食物链中微生物、真菌和昆虫的家园，而且它对于庇护其他植物以形成森林至关重要。