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While it's clear that trees communicate and exchange goods, could it also be that an elder tree is especially prone to tending to its own young family members? Simard also says that if an elder tree is sick or dying, it will send extra doses of its own carbon to young relatives and may at the same time also help stimulate defense mechanisms in those youngsters. So important are such actions by the grandparent trees, Simard explains, that the little trees under their canopies survive at a rate three or even four times what less connected seedlings can manage. [Extracted from the article]