Random Arb & Tree Facts

[David Humphries]

Thought it may be an interesting & useful resource to put up a thread with verified random tree facts.

 

Please feel free to add any you may think would be of interest to the readers of the site.

 

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Fact number 1

 

 

As of 2010, London has 21.87% tree cover

 

 

http://www.ltoa.org.uk/docs/LTOA-London_Tree_Canopy_Cover-bar&pie_chart-final.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

Courtesy of the London Tree Officers Association

[David Humphries]

According to data from the HSE website, stats for U.K Forestry & Arboricultural workers;

 

The following data set is from the period between 2003/4 - 2007/8

 

22 people involved with tree work have been killed;

Over 400 have suffered a major injury; and

673 have been off work for more than 3 days as a result of an injury they received whilst at work.

 

 

 

 

.........." and these are the ones that HSE know about ! "

 

 

 

Tree Work ? Tree work statistics

 

 

 

 

 

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[s.varty]

one third of america is covered in forest

[David Humphries]

one third of america is covered in forest

 

Verified ?

 

 

 

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[Taupotreeman]

This could be interesting.

[s.varty]

one third of america is covered in forest

 

Thats what it says on the internet when i googled "weird tree facts":001_smile:

[RobArb]

Moon trees were grown from seeds taken to the moon by Stuart Roosa, Command Module pilot of the Apollo 14 mission of January 31, 1971. The effort included 400-500 seeds, which orbited the moon on the first few days of February 1971. NASA and the USFS wanted to see if being in space and in the moon's orbit would cause the seeds to grow differently than other seeds.

 

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/13aug_moontrees/

 

Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

[David Humphries]

Thats what it says on the internet when i googled "weird tree facts":001_smile:

 

 

Just so we are clear.......

 

substantiated facts & data plase.

 

It will keep the purpose of the thread the way it was intended.

 

 

Thanks

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[David Humphries]

Invasive non-native species.

 

"A 2005 audit recorded

2,271 non-native species in England, of which 188 had a

negative economic impact and 122 had a negative

environmental impact."

 

 

examples being;

 

Japanese knotweed

 

Oak Processionary Moth

 

Rhododendron and Phytophthora related issues

 

 

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn303.pdf

 

 

 

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