FILE 001Plants🌳lower air temperature by 10°FTrees can lower air temperature by 10°F through evapotranspiration — a single large tree transpires 100 gallons of water per day.SrcUS Forest ServicePass the claimOpen file
FILE 002Plants🌻ShareheliotropismSunflowers use heliotropism — young sunflowers track the Sun across the sky from east to west, then reset at night.SrcScience Magazine
FILE 003Plants🌳Share2.7 million poundsThe General Sherman sequoia tree weighs an estimated 2.7 million pounds — the heaviest known living thing on Earth.SrcNational Park Service
FILE 004Plants🌿Share75-mile radius of Wilmington, North CarolinaVenus flytraps only grow naturally within a 75-mile radius of Wilmington, North Carolina — nowhere else on Earth.SrcBotanical Society of America
FILE 005Plants🌵Share200 yearsSaguaro cacti can live over 200 years and store up to 200 gallons of water. They don't grow their first arm until around age 75.SrcNational Park Service
FILE 006Plants🍄Sharehoney fungus in OregonThe largest living organism on Earth is a honey fungus in Oregon that covers 2,385 acres — roughly the size of 1,665 football fields.SrcUSDA Forest Service
FILE 007Plants🍃Sharechlorophyll breaks downLeaves change color in autumn because chlorophyll breaks down, revealing yellow and orange pigments that were there all along.SrcUSDA
FILE 008Plants🌿Share2,000-year-old date palmThe world's oldest known seed that was successfully grown into a plant was a 2,000-year-old date palm seed found near the Dead Sea.SrcScience Magazine
FILE 009Plants🌳Share4,850 years oldThe oldest known living tree is a bristlecone pine named Methuselah — it's over 4,850 years old.SrcUSDA Forest Service
FILE 010Plants🌳Share4,850 years oldThe world's oldest tree, Methuselah (a bristlecone pine), is over 4,850 years old — it was a seedling when the Egyptian pyramids were being built.SrcUSDA Forest Service
FILE 011Plants🌳Share52,500 cubic feetThe Sequoia tree "General Sherman" has a trunk volume of 52,500 cubic feet — making it the largest single-stem tree on Earth by volume.SrcNational Park Service
FILE 012Plants🌺Sharelargest family of flowering plantsOrchids are the largest family of flowering plants with over 28,000 species — 4 times more than mammals.SrcRoyal Botanic Gardens Kew
FILE 013Plants🌳Share2.6 tons of CO₂ per yearOne acre of trees absorbs about 2.6 tons of CO₂ per year — roughly the amount produced by driving a car 26,000 miles.SrcUS Forest Service
FILE 014Plants🌳Sharesalt waterMangrove trees grow in salt water and filter it through their roots — they can excrete excess salt through their leaves.SrcNOAA
FILE 015Plants🎋Sharefastest-growing plant on EarthBamboo is the fastest-growing plant on Earth — some species grow up to 35 inches in a single day.SrcRoyal Botanic Gardens Kew
FILE 016Plants🌿Sharecommunicate with each otherPlants can communicate with each other through underground fungal networks — scientists call it the "wood wide web."SrcNature
FILE 017Plants🌳Sharelargest living organism by volumeThe General Sherman tree (a giant sequoia) is the largest living organism by volume — over 52,500 cubic feet of wood.SrcNPS