01/14/2022
BENEFITS OF TREES
It is necessary to replant the massive amount of trees that were destroyed throughout our area during Hurricane Ida. Please plant and encourage others to plant trees to replenish all that have been lost. Below are facts revealing just how important trees are to us and our environment:
Over a year's time, one acre of trees offsets the CO2 produced by driving a car 21,000 miles.
Studies found that nature and forest scenes tend to decrease stress in drivers and also tend to improve thought processes and problem solving skills.
The evaporation from a single large tree can produce the cooling effect of 10 room size air conditioners operating 20 hours a day.
One tree that shades your home will also save fossil fuel, cutting CO2 buildup as much as 15 forest trees.
Trees can reduce storm water runoff in urban areas by up to 17%, thereby reducing flooding.
Large healthy trees remove 70 times more air pollution annually than small healthy trees.
Trees in large metropolitan areas removes over 60,000 tons of air pollution per year.
The canopy of a single large live oak can intercept up to 28% of a major rainfall, hereby reducing flooding.
One acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people to breathe.
Consumer ratings are significantly higher for business district / retail centers with trees.
Surgical patients who have a view of trees and landscaping outside their windows shorten their hospital stays by 8%, receive fewer negative comments in nursing reports and take fewer pain killers than patients who had no views.
Patients take up to 40% less extra-strength pain medication when they have views of trees and landscaping outside their hospital windows.
In 50 years, one tree generates $30,000 in oxygen, recycles $35,000 of water and removes $60,000 of air pollution.
Statistics from Live Oak Society
