10 Things you probably didn't know about plant life

 

10 Incredible Plant Facts You Didn't Know

1)70,000 plant species are utilized for medicine.

We all know we need medicine for our wounds and sickness.




2)68 percent of plants are in danger of going extinct.
 Scientists have only examined a fraction of the existing known plant species, of those that have been studied, 68 percent face extinction.

3)They have eyes and they can smell

4)They cry for help
Drought-stressed trees emit “screams,” say French experts.

5)They know when they’re being eaten

Research shows that they know when caterpillars are eating its leaves and The plants can tell the difference between chewing and vibrations from wind or sound.

6) 8O Percent of the earth's original forests have been cleared or destroyed.                                                                 

The same forests that dominated the land 8,000 years ago are all but gone.                                                                                              

7)Tulips were more valuable than gold

In the 1600s the recently introduced tulip flowers in Holland were so valuable that their bulbs were often worth more than gold. 


8)85% of plant life is found in the ocean.

9)An average size tree can provide enough wood to make 170,100 pencils.

10)There are over 200,000                identified plant species and the list is growing all the time. 

 

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