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Cool Plant Facts

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

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