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Science, Math, and Trees
Trees are the longest-living organisms on earth.
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Largest Pine Cone
The Sugar Pine produces the largest cones, ranging in size from 12 to 24 inches in length and 4 to 5 inches in diameter.
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Heaviest Wood
The heaviest and the hardest wood in the world is Snakewood.
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The Shortest Tree
The world’s shortest tree species is the Dwarf Willow. It is rare to find one more than 2 ½ inches tall. They have been found growing …
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The Most Massive Tree
The “Lindsey Creek Tree,” a Coast Redwood with a minimum trunk volume of 90,000 cubic feet and a minimum total mass of 3630 tons, was the most massive known tree until …
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The Most Dangerous Tree
The Manchineel Tree of the Caribbean coast and the Florida Everglades secretes an exceptionally poisonous and acidic sap. Upon contact with the skin, a breakout of blisters …
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Tree Energy Fuels Us
The name Ironwood is actually a slang term given to the hardest wood of an area, region, or country. There are over 80 species of wood in the world referred to as or having the word Ironwood in them.
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Tree Comparisons
Wood has a high strength-to-weight ratio. Compared strength for strength, pine and spruce are 16 times lighter than steel and 5 times lighter than concrete.
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Tree Facts
Today, the European Union produces 7.7 million metric tons (mmt) of wood that can be used to make wood pellets and utilizes all of it, importing about 3.2 mmt more to cover demand. North America, on the other hand, …
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