Here are some cool facts about trees!
- Trees are the longest living organism on earth.
- Trees provide shade and shelter.
- Trees lower air temperature by evaporating water in their leaves.
- The average tree in an urban/city area has a life expectancy of only 8 years.
- Tree roots stabilize soil and prevent erosion.
- About one third of the United States of America is covered by forests.
- A single tree can absorb one ton of carbon dioxide.
- One acre of trees removes up to 2.6 tons of carbon dioxide each year.
- The death of one 70 year old tree would return over 3 tons of carbon to the atmosphere.
- Tree rings provide information about environmental events.
- Trees grow from the top.
- A branch's location on a tree will only move up the trunk a few inches in 1000 years.
- Trees receive an estimated 90% of their nutrition from the atmosphere and only 10% from the soil.