BAMBOO:

The bamboo plant takes five years to mature, showing very little “above ground” activity during the first 2-4 years.

TREES:

Methuselah is the oldest tree known! It is a bristlecone pine tree 

From the  White Mountains of California . Nearly 5,000 years old

It is said to be the oldest non-clonal tree in the world.

ENTOMOLOGY

The Giant Weta is the world's largest and heaviest insect: as large as a small bird or mouse!

BAMBOO:

At about year 5, the bamboo plant sends stalks rocketing skyward at an unbelievably three feet per day!

TREES:

Tree rings do not accurately tell the age of a tree . Sometimes trees have false rings and also indistinct rings.  More than one ring may form in a given year. 

*M.S. Brian Thomas.

TREES:

One large tree can pump 1000 gallons of water from the ground to it's leaves.

That's 4 tons of water! Or 8,000 pounds!

LEAVES:

Leaves absorb the energy from the sun to the plant from the leaves.

TREES:

11Only 2% of water is used for photosynthesis.

ENTOMOLOGY 

The Praying Mantis has a hearing membrane in their thorax (chest area)

TREES:

Carbon Dioxide is paramount for photosynthesis.

PLANTS:

Plants convert carbon dioxide into other carbon compounds.

PLANTS:

Green tea fights Cavities!

BOTANY

The earth has more than 80,000 species of edible plants

BOTANY

90% of foods humans eat come from only 30 plants

BOTANY:

70,000 plant species are utilized for medicine.

BOTANY:

Only 1% of rainforest plants have been studied for medicinal potential.

TREES:

An average size tree can provide enough wood to make 170,100 pencils!

TREES:

The first type of aspirin, painkiller, and fever reducer came from the tree bark of a willow tree!

PLANTS:

85% of plant life is found in the ocean!

PLANTS:

Bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood, and generally make you feel happier!

PLANTS:

More than 50% of known plant species are native to just 1 country.

PLANTS:

Bananas don't grow on trees Banana “trees” are actually giant herbs.

TREES:

Only 2% of water is used for photosynthesis.

PLANTS: 

Ancient Egyptians first recorded the process of making wine about 5,000 years ago. 

PLANTS:

During the 1600s, tulips were so valuable in Holland that their bulbs were worth more than gold.

PLANTS:

Tulips can continue to grow as much as an inch per day after being cut.

PLANTS:

Vanilla flavoring comes from the pod of an orchid, Vanilla planifolia. Vanilla beans, are more closely related to corn than beans.

PLANTS:

European explorers named the pineapple because they thought outside- looked like a pinecone with flesh like that of an apple.

PLANTS:

Pineapples are the only edible members of the bromeliad family.

PLANTS:

Avocados and pumpkins are fruits! Because they bear the plants' seeds.

PLANTS:

Saffron, (a flavoring in Mediterranean cooking) is harvested from the stigmas of a type of fall-blooming crocus, Crocus sativus.

PLANTS:

The reason cranberries bounce and float in water is due to Small pockets of air.

PLANTS:

Tomato juice is the official state beverage of Ohio, honoring the part A. W. Livingston of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, played in popularizing the tomato in the late 1800s.

PLANTS:

Tulip mania, or tulipomania caused the crash of the Dutch economy.

PLANTS:

The flower of the (Amorphophallus titanium) titan arum is the largest unbranched flower in the world. It can reach up to 15 feet tall. The bloom smells like that of rotting meat, giving it the common name: Corpse Flower.

PLANTS:

All parts of the oleander (Nerium oleander), a beautiful Mediterranean-native flowering shrub, are poisonous. Eating the leaves can cause gastrointestinal, cardiac, and central nervous system problems and possible death.