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Tree Facts

  • Trees cleanse the air by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.
  • The amount of oxygen produced by an acre of trees per year equals the amount consumed by 18 people annually. One tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year.
  • One acre of trees removes up to 2.6 tons of carbon dioxide each year.
  • Trees provide shade and shelter, reducing yearly heating and cooling costs by $2.1 billion.
  • Trees lower air temperature by evaporating water in their leaves.
  • The average tree in metropolitan area survives only about 8 years!
  • A tree does not reach its most productive stage of carbon storage for about 10 years.
  • Trees reduce noise pollution by acting as sound barriers.
  • Tree roots stabilize the soil and prevent erosion.
  • Shade trees can make buildings up to 20 degrees cooler in the summer.
  • Trees improve water quality by slowing and filtering rainwater, as well as by protecting aquifers and watersheds.
  • Trees provide protection from downward fall of rain, sleet, and hail as well as reduce storm run-off and the possibility of flooding.
  • Trees provide food and shelter for wildlife.
  • Trees located along streets act as a glare and reflection control.

The World’s Superlative Trees

  • One of the tallest soft wood trees is Hyperion, a giant redwood in a remote forest in northern California. Hyperion measures 379.1 feet.
  • The shortest tree, the Dwarf Willow, measures about 2.5 inches and grows on the Arctic tundra.
  • The Ada Tree of Australia has a root system that takes up more than an acre.
  • A 2000-year-old Montezuma Cypress in Oaxaca, Mexico, has one of the widest tree trunks in the world: 37 foot 6 inches in diameter.
  • While Bristlecone pines in the Western U.S. are considered to be among the world’s oldest trees (about 4,600+ years old), a lone Norway Spruce in Sweden is now said to be the oldest, at 9,550+ years.
  • The roots of a Wild Fig tree at Echo Caves in South Africa reach 400 feet deep.
  • The Sugar Pine produces the largest cones, ranging in size from 12 to 24 inches in length and 4 to 5 inches in diameter.
  • The Empress Paulownia is the fastest-growing tree. It can grow up to 20 feet the first year, and some have been documented growing 12 inches in 21 days. Empress trees produce three to four times more oxygen than any other known tree.
  • The world's slowest growing tree is a White Cedar, located on a cliff side in the Canadian Great Lakes area. After 155 years, it has grown to a height of four inches and weighs only 6/10th of an ounce.
  • The great Banyan in the Indian Botanical Garden, Calcutta, India, has the world’s largest tree canopy with a circumference of 1,350 feet. It is approximately 430 feet wide, equivalent to almost 1 1/2 football fields.
  • The world's rarest tree is the lone Paarijat, located in a village in the Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is said to be the only living example of its species.

Trees Common To Connecticut

  • Hardwoods
  • Northern Red Oak
  • Black Oak
  • White Oak
  • Scarlet Oak
  • Chestnut Oak
  • Red Maple
  • Sugar Maple
  • Blackgum
  • Black Birch
  • White Birch
  • Yellow Birch
  • Gray Birch
  • Pignut Hickory
  • Shagbark Hickory
  • Mockernut Hickory
  • American Chestnut
  • American Beech
  • White Ash
  • Tulip Poplar
  • Quaking Aspen
  • Big-Tooth Aspen
  • Flowering Dogwood
  • American Hornbeam
  • Eastern Hop-Hornbeam or Ironwood

Softwoods

  • Eastern White Pine
  • Red Pine
  • Eastern Hemlock
  • Norway Spruce
  • Eastern Red Cedar

Shrubs

  • Mountain-laurel
  • Rhododendron
  • Spicebush
  • Witchhazel
  • Highbush Blueberry
  • Lowbush Blueberry
  • Mapleleaf Viburnum
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