Lean on me...when your not strong

On my daily drive to drop Emily off at school I saw this tree...

the song "Lean on me" immediately popped into my head. Isn't it amazing how trees adapt to their environment?

Here is a little science lesson for you...

What is the chance that an acorn will grow into a tree?

In a good year the oak tree will have many flowers -- up to several thousand. With the right humidity, the right temperature, no late frost in the spring, and sufficient rainfall in the summer, tiny scale-covered acorns (called nubbins at that point) begin to grow. They will mature to become full grown and ripe acorns by late summer. The chances of one acorn making it to become an oak tree are very slim -- less than 1/10,000. That means that for every 10,000 acorns, only one will become a tree! (Taken from Interesting Facts about Oak Trees).