The life of trees

From seed to forest giant, discover how trees grow and why you can’t live without them

When you look at a tiny acorn on the forest floor, it’s difficult to imagine just how much potential that little seed contains. If it germinates, after around 50 years it will have grown into a towering oak tree, with the capacity to outlast generations of humans. And that’s just one tiny acorn. Scientists have estimated that there are around 3 trillion trees on our planet, belonging to around 100,000 different species. Each of these trees contributes to regulating our climate and producing air for us to breathe, as well as many more important roles that may surprise you. DID YOU KNOW? ‘Pando’ is a colony of quaking aspen trees in Utah, which has a single root mass and is around 80,000 years old…

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