Trees Facts

Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.

Oak trees are struck by lightning more than any other tree.

It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!

Electric lights for Christmas trees were first used in 1882, when Thomas Edison's business partner Edward H. Johnson hand-wired 80 red, white, and blue bulbs and strung them around a rotating tree in his New York City home.

Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.

The bark of an older redwood tree can be up to 12 inches thick and is remarkably fire-resistant.

About 20% of the world's forests are located in Siberia, making it the largest forested region on Earth.

In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.

Oak trees can live 200 or more years.

In 1981, the Chinese government passed a resolution making it a duty for every citizen aged 11 and older to plant at least three trees per year, creating the world's largest reforestation program.

On some Caribbean islands, the oysters can climb trees.

An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years!

Ecosia is a search engine that plants trees with its profits, having funded over 200 million trees worldwide since 2009.

A coffee tree yields about one pound of coffee in a year.

Approximately 68 million trees are used each year in the U.S. to produce paper and paper products.

PornHub planted 15,473 trees in honor of their "PornHub Gives America Wood" environmental campaign.

The 'Bicycle Tree', found near Brig o' Turk in Scotland, has consumed an entire bike that now hangs out of its bark.

After noticing the wind rustling and turning the leaves on trees, French entrepreneur Jérôme Michaud-Larivière designed wind turbine trees that could provide clean energy for urban settings.

The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.

There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.

The United States has more trees today than it did 100 years ago. Forest regrowth has exceeded harvesting since the early 20th century, with the country gaining approximately 7.1% of its forest cover since 1920.

Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.

‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.

Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.