Branches:

♤ The branches provide the support to distribute the leaves efficiently for the type of tree and the environment.

♤ They also serve as conduits for water and nutrients and as storage for extra sugar.

Do you know?

1. Trees are the largest and oldest living organism on earth:

2. It can take 10 minutes to walk around the crown of a giant banyan tree in Calcutta.

3. Trees trap more of the sun’s energy than any other group of organisms on earth

4. Trees do not restore and repair wood that is injured and infected, instead they compartmentalize off the damaged tissue.