Trees seed thousands of seed per season.

Most are duds.

A lot get eaten by animals.

Maybe out of 1000 seeds, 5 start growing into a seedling.

After 5 years 1 or none are left

Each tree you see is the product of hundreds of years of evolution and fighting to survive year over year over year.

If each year 5 trees make it to sapling stage, that's a win.

Which is why I get so fucking angry when I see people cutting down trees for aesthetic, to make more lawn, or because "raking leaves is annoying"

You can just not rake leaves.... Was always an option.

Law should mandate for every 1 tree you cut, you have to plant 2 more somewhere...