The Value of One Tree......

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Absolutely spectacular tree!!
Thanks for sharing JDI


To keep it simple a tree is comprised of its leaves, stems, trunk and its roots.
When you look at a tree, note that about five percent of the tree is comprised of its leaves,
15 percent its stems, 60 percent goes into its trunk and 20 percent is devoted to its roots.

Here is the super hero part.
Through a process called photosynthesis, leaves pull in carbon dioxide and water
and use the energy of the sun to convert this into chemical compounds such as sugars that feed the tree.
But as a by-product of that chemical reaction oxygen is produced and released by the tree.
It is proposed that one large tree can provide a day’s supply of oxygen for up to four people.

Trees also store carbon dioxide in their fibers helping to clean the air
and reduce the negative effects that this CO2 could have had on our environment.
According to the Arbor Day Foundation,
in one year a mature tree will absorb more than 48 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
and release oxygen in exchange.

So next time you take a deep breath of air give credit to a tree or hug a tree in thanks for what it gives us
– the very air we breathe.

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It also has the cooling effects of a 5 ton A/C unit......