here are some interesting tree trivia that i've found in my commonplace book recently:
- trees are the longest-living organisms on earth and never actually die of old age. - trees can communicate with insects that attack them. some trees can fill their leaves with medicinal-like substances to protect themselves against insect attacks and other plants. - pine trees can grow on every continent except antarctica. - trees can lower air temperature by evaporating water from their leaves. - if a bird's nest is attached to a tree branch, the tree can't grow upward. - a tree's trunk grows in summer, while its roots grow during fall and winter. - trees growing in sunny spots have thicke…