Global tree species count (VIDEO)

Purdue University

Caption

One person can’t measure all the trees in the world, but when many people come together a global view becomes possible. A world-wide collaboration of scientists has produced the first ground-sourced data estimate of the total number of tree species on Earth, and found that more than 9,000 species have yet to be discovered.

Credit

Purdue University Agricultural Communications

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Public Domain

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