tree A perennial plant with a woody trunk, branches, and leaves. Trees are the structural backbone of terrestrial ecosystems, forming canopy layers that regulate light, moisture, and temperature across landscapes. They produce oxygen through photosynthesis, sequester carbon, and provide habitat for…

canonical tree hashing Chunk Size: 4 KB (4096 bytes) Content is split into fixed 4 KB chunks (4096 bytes). Each chunk is hashed via `hash_leaf(data, counter, is_root)`. At 56 input bytes per rate block, one 4 KB chunk requires ⌈4096/56⌉ = 74 absorptions. The last chunk may be shorter. No…