Trees have been around longer than you.
They’ve been witness.
There is a function of trees nobody knows about: To store what they’ve witnessed.
Close your eyes, touch the tree and ask it to retrieve what it witnessed at its location at specific dates. Ask firmly and verbally and then relax deeply. Or ask what it knows about any topic. Ask firmly and verbally and then relax deeply. Mental imagery will come up and you’ll know that trees communicate with you telepathically.