Tree stumps are still alive and connected underground after a tree has fallen or cut down🌲🙃 Stumps are not merely useless leftovers of dead trees. Depending on their size, age, and some other environmental factors, tree stumps can still be alive underground long after they are no longer alive aboveground. How does this happen? Well, trees live in communities. If the surrounding forest is healthy, neighbor trees will continue to pump sugar and nutrients to the stump to keep it alive. Why? This is where we can all learn a lesson from trees. Trees have evolved through survival based on collaboration and connection. Keeping the stump alive means keeping alive a flow of resources and information, and hence strengthens the overall network, increasing the likelihood of life and resilience in the entire tree community. Genius! Furthermore, tree stumps create food and homes for many insects, rodents, and other creatures, who, in turn, give back to the ecosystem in other ways💚 📸 @namu.aura #tree #treefacts #facts #interestingfacts #naturefacts #naturelover #environment #forestfacts #forestlove #treehugger