7 interesting facts about trees

1. One tree can absorb as much carbon in a year as a car produces while driving 26,000 miles.
2. The tallest living tree stands at 112 meters (367 feet, 6 in.), or five stories higher than the Statue of Liberty. It is a Mendocino Tree, a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) found at Montgomery State Reserve near Ukiah, California, USA.
3. Bamboo, although often tree like, is actually not a species of tree.
4. Found in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in California, the oldest tree recognized is a Redwood known as Eternal God. The tree is believed to be 12,000 years old, although it is argued as being only 7,000 years old, which still makes it the oldest.
5. Trees lower air temperature by evaporating water in their leaves.
6. According to the last forest inventory, there are almost 247 billion trees over 1 inch in diameter in the U.S.
7. General Sherman is the name of a Giant Sequoia with a height of 275 feet (83.8 metres). In 1879, it was named after American Civil War general, William Tecumseh Sherman, by naturalist James Wolverton, who had served as a lieutenant in the 9th Indiana Cavalry under Sherman.