Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Christmas Tree Facts

Christmas Trees

3 – Number of seedlings planted for every harvested Christmas tree
8 – average number of years it takes a Christmas tree to mature
50 – Number of states in the U.S. that grow Christmas trees (yep, all fifty of them,including Hawaii and Alaska)
98 – Percentage of Christmas trees grown on Christmas tree farms
2,000 – Number of trees planted per acre
12,000 – Approximate number of cut-your-own Christmas tree farms in the U.S.

2 comments:

Holly said...

good thing ours is fake!! Or is that also bad for the environment?!?!?!

Misty Fowler said...

Where do the facts come from? If 3 seedlings are planted for each tree, does that mean the other 2 get to live, or that about 2 die young for each one that matures?