1) All property, including trees, is vulnerable to injury or destruction. In many circumstances, trees are not killed, but rather injured to the point where they lose their vigour, allowing insects and disease to take advantage of the tree's lack of resilience.
2) Water is required for trees. During the dry season, Friends of Trees staff and volunteers advise new tree owners to give new trees 10 to 20 gallons each week. Water is required for plants to produce oxygen.
3) According to the US Department of Energy, strategically placed trees can save up to 25% on heating and cooling costs (DOE). According to a research conducted by the DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a well-planned landscape can cut a home's summer cooling expenses by 15 to 50 percent.
4) They pull up water with their deep roots and make it available to shallow-rooted seedlings. They assist surrounding trees by providing nutrients, and when the neighbours are in difficulty, mother trees detect this and boost the supply of nutrients accordingly.
5) A mature tree will take more than 48 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen in exchange, according to the Arbor Day Foundation. So, the next time you take a deep intake of air, say appreciation to a tree by thanking it or hugging it in gratitude for what it provides us with - the very air we breathe.
6) According to The Washington Post, which evaluated the statistics supplied by academics, Russia is the world's overall tree leader, with 642 billion trees. Canada comes in second with 318 billion trees, followed by Brazil with 302 billion. With 228 billion trees, the United States ranks fourth.
7) Pines are nearly entirely found in the Northern Hemisphere. They have one of the widest distributions of any conifer family, including much of North America, China, Southeast Asia, Russia, and Europe. Many cool-temperate and boreal woodlands are dominated by pine trees.
8) When the sun's rays strike the canopy of the trees, water evaporates from the leaves, generating evapotranspiration. This cools them down, similar to how sweat cools our skin, limiting the amount of energy available to warm the air.
9) A bird can also assist a tree by producing carbon dioxide, which aids in the growth of the tree.
10) By delaying and filtering rainwater and safeguarding aquifers and watersheds, trees improve water quality.
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