| Here are some green and cool facts about plants. I | | | | more trees! |
| hope you will like them. | | | | - Squirrels play an important role in growing new |
| - Two famous presidents of the United States, | | | | trees in the world, they bury nuts and then forget |
| George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew | | | | where they hid them. |
| cannabis sativa (marijuana) on their plantations. | | | | - A healthy birch tree can produce as much as 1 |
| - Corpse flower or Rafflesia is the largest single | | | | million seeds in a year's time(not in a lifetime). |
| flower. They normally grow 3 feet in diameter and a | | | | - The Tree of Hippocrates is located in Kos, Greece. |
| corpse flower was measured to be 42 inches in | | | | The legend has it that Hippocrates taught his pupils |
| diameter. It is found in Sumatra. | | | | the art of medicine under this tree. |
| - Did you know the oldest living thing in existence is a | | | | - According to an estimate there are about 100,000 |
| bristlecone pine in the white mountains of California. It | | | | different species of trees. |
| is 4,600 years old. It is nicknamed 'Methuselah'. | | | | - Balsa tree's wood is considered the lightest wood |
| - A single tree normally produces 260 pounds of | | | | with the greatest strength. It is used in the |
| oxygen in a year which is enough for a family of four | | | | construction of airplane models. |
| people. | | | | - A high percentage of the flowers in Australian |
| - A single tree can absorb as much carbon in a year | | | | rainforests are not found elsewhere. |
| as a car produces, driven over 8500 miles. Now plant | | | | |