Am I the only one who just found out how many trees a single mature oak can support?

I was reading an old forestry journal and it said a big white oak can be home to over 500 different insect species. Has anyone else come across a fact that made you look at a common tree totally differently?

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murphy.linda7h ago

Just learned that and now I'm side-eyeing the oak in my yard like it's a bug hotel lmao.

grace5081h ago

Wait what did you learn exactly... because now I'm worried about my own trees. Are we talking like... a whole ecosystem in there?