Our Beautiful Trees
• A mature tree can pull one ton of water from the soil each day. This water cools the air through evapotranspiration acting as a natural air conditioner.
• In one day an average tree exhales enough oxygen to keep a family of four breathing for that day.
• The oldest living thing on earth is the Bristle cone pine tree estimated to be 4,700 years old.
• The world’s largest living thing, the General Sherman Giant Sequoia in California weighs 1,400 tons- as much as 300 elephants.
• The tree seed that often stays in flight the longest is that of the cottonwood tree. A tiny seed is surrounded by ultra-light white fluff hairs that carry it on the air from anywhere between a minute and a couple of days.
• The largest certified Oak tree in the world is one named "The Seven Sisters Oak" Mandeville, Lousiana. It measures 37 feet and 2 inches in circumference with a crown spread of 150 feet. It is estimated that it is more than 1,000 years old!
• A mature oak tree can draw up to 50 or more gallons of water per day. Trees take up water through their root system. Some of the water evaporates from the leaves in a process called transpiration.
• Oak trees can start producing acorns when they are 20 years old, but sometimes can go all the way to 50 years for the first production. By the time the tree is 70 to 80 years old it will produce thousands of acorns.
• It is well known that squirrels hide acorns to last them through
the winter season, when food is scarce. They might hide them in their
homes, but they also bury them in the ground.