Dustin nods slowly and his hand mirrors the action in a sort of rocking bob of understanding. Coniferous forest of some sort - the description sounds right for it, anyway.

[And you?] he continues, electing to shift the conversation away from the other sapient plants. As the Queen has already pointed out, there's probably not much more she can realistically tell him about them anyway. [What have your interactions been like with animals, before me? The Elders of the Fungi-species mentioned a disruption to your people near the beginning of their history. Tunneling?]