Most paper products have a tree source. Trees are still used for fuel in some places. Other products that come from trees include coffee, rubber, maple syrup, herbal medicines, soaps, perfumes, and cosmetics and many others. Trees will also help reduce air pollution and can help conserve energy by shading a home in the summer and creating a windbreak for the winter. In the spring, the Crabapples, Redbuds, Magnolias, Horsechestnuts, Dogwoods, Hawthorns, Serviceberry, Pears, and Cherries provide a spectacular display of color signaling the beginning of the new growing season.
Many trees also provide flowers in the summer, a time when flowers are much less common.
These include Locust, Catalpa, Linden, Fringetree, Tree Lilac, Yellowwood, and Goldenraintrees. Some trees even flower in the fall such as the Franklinia, Japanese Pagoda Tree, and the Autumn-Flowering Higan Cherry. In the autumn, the leaves of many trees take on a vibrant hue as the chlorophyll is drained from the leaves and the new pigments, present all along, are allowed to shine. Paper Birches, Red, Amur, Norway, and Sugar Maples, Downy Serviceberries, Sweetgum, Ginkgos, European Beeches, Callery Pears, Scarlet, White, and Red Oaks, Flowering and Kousa Dogwoods, and White Ashes are exceptional examples of trees with a brilliant fall color. Arbor Day occurs on different days, depending on the region on which you live.