Author Topic: The Fabulous Plant Kingdom (Read 3696 times)

AGelbert · « **on:** August 21, 2014, 06:35:34 pm »

10 Incredible Plant Facts You Didn’t Know
By Kevin Mathews
1. The earth has more than 80,000 species of edible plants.

2. Ninety percent of the foods humans eat come from just 30 plants.

3. Nutrition doesn’t factor into the crops we do mass produce.

4. 70,000 plant species are utilized for medicine.

5. Only one percent of rainforest plants have been studied for medicinal potential.

6. Eighty percent of the Earth’s original forests have been cleared or destroyed.

7. Just 10 percent of the world’s plant-rich areas are protected.

8. More than half of plant species are native to just one country.

9. Sixty eight percent of plants are in danger of going extinct.

10. Plant species are going extinct—about 5,000 times faster than they should.

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