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| A Weeping Willow near where my mom lives. Weeping Willows are one of my favorite trees. |
Here in the Pacific Northwest we grow trees big and weird. I ran across some pictures of some large and weird trees I’ve had the pleasure to meet and literally climbed inside of. I’ll intersperse my pictures with some tree facts.
1. How many trees are in the world? 3.04 trillion trees on Earth. Russia hosts 642 billion of those trees. Canada is home to 318 billion and Brazil with 302 billion. The United States is number four with 228 billion trees.
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| This tree is on the San Juan Islands, Washington State. |
2. How much water can a tree drink in a day? A large one can draw up to 100 gallons out of the ground and release it into the air. Xylem, specialized tubes in a tree’s trunk, carry liquid up to the highest leaves and branches.
3. Do trees filter? Trees not only clean the air but also filter and clean water. A large tree can provide oxygen for up to four people in a day.
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| This tree is at Fort Warden State Park in Port Townsend, Washington State. |
4. Do trees make noise? Surprisingly, yes! As trees grow and respond to the environment, they make all kinds of noises. A “happy” tree sounds different from a tree stressed from drought. Drought stressed trees form little bubbles inside their trunks that make a unique ultrasonic sound too high for our human ears, so their cries go unheard.
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| The path goes right through this tree on the San Juan Islands, Washington State. |
5. The largest tree in the world resides in California’s Sequoia National Park. It has a volume of 52,500 cubic feet, stands 274.9 feet, and is about 2,000 years old. This giant sequoia is named General Sherman. But, in spite of its gargantuan size, it is not the tallest nor oldest tree in the world.
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| This tree is at a rest stop in Washington State. Though it's no longer living, it grew to be huge. It has a roof over it to protect it from the elements |
6. The tallest tree is named Hyperion standing at 380.3 feet. It resides in the Redwood National Park, California among other giants like Helios at 374.3 feet, Icarus at 371.2 feet, and Daedalus at 363.4 feet.
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| This tree is on the San Juan Islands, Washington State and looks as though it has a few good stories to tell. |
7. And now for the oldest living tree, a bristlecone pine, aptly named, Methuselah, was the oldest tree on record until 2013 at the ripe old age of 4,848. Yes, those are years. Though Methuselah still lives as of 2016, another bristlecone pine has been located that is older, over 5,000 years old. This tree is yet unnamed. Both trees live in the White Mountains of California, in Inyo National Forest.
Do you name your trees?
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