Perhaps we don't think of sticks as living, but they can be.
Old sticks may be alive in the sense of what life forms their decomposing matter is supporting. There may be lichens on the bark, mites or insect eggs in the inner tissue. An old stick can be a small ecosystem of its own!
New sticks can be living in and of themselves, apart from the parent tree or shrub, with the capacity to reproduce. A twig laying on the earth among moist leaves and debris may shoot out roots to create a new plant.
Neither boring nor trashy, sticks are treasure!
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