Facts about Trees

A tree is a perennial tree with a trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most plants.

The roots, the trunk, the branches, and the leaves are the four main parts of the tree.

Trees typically replicate by seed. Flowers and fruit may be present, but some trees, such as conifers, have pollen cones and seed cones instead.

They seem to be long-lived, some a few thousand years old.

Trees has been in existence for 370 million years.

Trees provide shade and shelter, timber for building, fuel for cooking and heating, and fruit for food also as many other uses.
It is estimated that there are just over three trillion mature trees in the world.

While most of Earth’s terrestrial biomass is embodied by trees, the fundamental importance of these seemingly ubiquitous plants for the very nature and diversity of life on Earth might not be fully understood.

The biosphere depends on the metabolism, death and recycling of plants, particularly trees. Their vast trunks and root systems store CO2 , transport water, and generate oxygen that’s released to the atmosphere. The organic matter of the soil originates mainly from decayed leaves, twigs, limbs, roots and fallen trees, all of which recycle nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and other essential nutrients. There are few species as important as trees for the conservation of the Earth’s ecology.

According to a systematic review of the world’s plants, there are 60,065 species of trees in the world.

The largest number of tree species is increasing in tropical regions and many of these areas have not yet been thoroughly surveyed by botanists.

Trees are either annual or deciduous. Deciduous trees lose their leaves seasonally, and evergreen trees retain their leaves throughout the year. Deciduous trees are adapted to withstand cold and dry weather by losing their leaves while the evergreens do not. Most of the conifers are evergreens.

The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the largest tree in the world and the largest living thing by volume. However, with a height of 50–85 meters (164–279 feet) or more, a diameter of 6–9 meters (20–30 feet) or more, an estimated bole volume of up to 1,487 cubic meters (52,500 cubic feet) and an estimated lifetime of 1800–2700 years, the giant sequoia is among the largest, widest and longest-lived of all species on Earth.

General Sherman is a giant sequoia tree in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. By volume, it is the largest known single stem tree living on Earth. It has an approximate bole volume of 1,487 cubic metres (52,500 cubic feet). With a height of 83.8 meters (275 ft), a diameter of 7.7 m (25 ft) and an approximate age of 2,300–2,700 years, it is also one of the tallest, biggest and longest-lived trees on the earth.

The tallest trees in the world are the redwoods towered above the ground in California. These trees can easily reach a height of 300 feet (91 meters). The tallest living tree among the redwoods, called Hyperion, was 115.85 meters (380 feet 1 inch) in height as of 2017.

Until 2013, Methuselah, an ancient pine bristlecone, was the oldest recognized non-clonal organism on Earth. Although Methuselah still stands at 4,850 years of age as of 2018 in the White Mountains of California, the Inyo National Forest, another pine tree in the area has been found to be over 5,000 years old.

Pando, also known as the trembling giant, is a tree colony in Utah, which is basically a single organism. It is a clonal colony of one male European quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) characterized as one living organism by similar genetic markers. The root system of Pando, believed to be 80,000 years old, is one of the oldest known living species. Its vast scale, weight, and prehistoric age have given rise to worldwide fame.

Bonsai is a fascinating art form that incorporates gardening techniques and Asian aesthetics in a unique way. The art originated within the Chinese empire and was copied and adapted by the japanese to what we now know as Bonsai trees.

A Christmas tree could also be a decorated tree, typically an evergreen conifer like spruce, oak, or fir, or a man-made tree of comparable appearance, which is said to the celebration of Christmas. Modern Christmas trees emerged in early modern Germany during the

Renaissance. Its roots in the 16th century are often identified with the Protestant Christian reformer Martin Luther, who is said to have added lighted candles to the evergreen tree for the first time.

The dragon blood tree is an emblematic tree native to the Socotra archipelago, a neighborhood of Yemen, situated within the Arabian Sea . The famous red resin that provides it its name is exuded from the bark after being wounded. Dragon Blood Tree is an evergreen tree which will live up to 650 years and attain heights of around 10 to 12 metres (33 to 39 feet).

There is the most expensive tree on Earth, the price of which is around $100,000 dollars per meter (35 cubic feet). It grows in Africa, parts of Asia and the forests of India, and is called Eben (ebony). Ebony is mainly ebony, very robust and waterproof. In ancient Egypt, the price of wood was equivalent to that of gold.

Because of their resilience and utility, trees have often been revered, with sacred groves in different cultures, and play a part in many mythologies of the world.

While “tree” may be a word of popular speech, there’s no commonly accepted meaning of what a tree is, either botanically or during a common language.