About Landscaping N urseries provided 1.5 billion trees for planting in the United States last year. This represents over six trees annually propagated for every U.S. citizen. The United States Forest Service reports that nearly 3 million acres were forested with those billion and a half baby seedlings. It is interesting to note that, of the eleven states to plant over 100,000 acres of seedlings, nine of the states were in the southern United States and two were in the Pacific Northwest. Forest industry planted over 1 million seedlings as did non-industrial private owners.
Trees have a tremendous influence on society.
Trees effect our environment, pad our pocket books, enhance our quality of life and improve our health. I can't think of many things that touch us so completely - maybe food and water. Art Plotnik, in his book The Urban Tree Book , indicates eight reasons to plant trees . Trees reduce sound, produce oxygen, store carbon, clean the air, gives shade and cools, reduces wind and erosion and increases property values. This book, a big seller, attests to the fact that people also enjoy studying and identifying trees.