18 Fun Facts About Trees You Never Knew

According to the Botanic Gardens Conservation International, there are around 60,065 species of trees around the world! The researchers also found that 300 of these varieties are on the verge of extinction. Here’s one variety you must read about.

There is a tree called Rainbow Eucalyptus, with bark having blue, orange, and maroon colors. When the colors combine in sunlight, they give it a particular ‘Rainbow’ effect. This multi-colored tree grows in New Britain, New Guinea, Ceram, Sulawesi, and Mindanao.

We inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, while the plants do just the opposite; they inhale carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. Trees utilize carbon dioxide persisting in the environment to produce sugar and oxygen during photosynthesis.

The White Mountains of California attracted everyone’s attention with Great Basin Bristlecone Pine. The tree is over 4,845 years old, it is the longest living tree in the historical record.

The Manchineel tree is considered to be the most poisonous tree in the world. All parts of this tree are toxic, and it can even poison the water through its leaves. Check out our article on Ginkgo Biloba Tree as well!

Plants have sensory systems and they respond to external factors based on their epidermis. In research, it was found that trees straighten themselves to resist stress and relax to release.

Trees are beneficial in reducing the sound waves. They absorb or scatter the sound waves, especially their leaves and branches, helping in masking the unwanted noise.

Using Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere, trees volatile signals for within-plant signaling. Using this, trees let neighbor trees know if there is any danger hovering upon them.

There is a hotel in Sweden-Treehotel. It has all