• Britain has lost 97% of its natural levels of woodland.

• Tree fruits are designed to be dispersed, so many berries are red, as this is a preferred food colour of birds.

• Trees have a vital role to play in cleaning the air we breathe & maintaining a stable global climate.

• To guarantee 1 tree reaching maturity and maximise CO2 absorption during early growth, 5 saplings per mature plot are required.

• The oldest living trees are bristle-coned pines; some are still growing and 5000 years old.

• The coast redwood is the tallest tree, reaching a height of 100 metres.

• Tree growth slows and stops in winter and speeds up in spring; this causes annual 'rings' to appear in the cut timber, indicating its age.

• Only 3 conifers are truly native to the British Isles: Scots pine, yew and juniper. They colonised the land, after the ice cap receded, 5-9 thousand years ago.

• A fully-grown Oak in the UK grows - and sheds - 250,000 leaves every year and produces around 50,000 acorns in a good year.

• Ancient woodland is defined as that dating from before 1700 AD.

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