Your Cincinnati Tree Provides Many Benefits
The importance of trees (and thus, the importance of their health) is often overlooked everywhere, including here in the Cincinnati area. Trees help improve and protect our environment and this is why tree inspection; proper, routine tree maintenance; and tree services are so vital, not just to keep our neighborhoods beautiful, but to improve the health of the whole planet. Back in elementary school, we learned that trees absorb CO2by removing and storing the carbon particles, while at the same time releasing oxygen back into the atmosphere. One acre of trees will absorb the amount of CO2 that a car generates by driving 26,000 miles. This same acre of trees can provide a continuous supply of oxygen for 18 people. In a single year, one mature tree will produce all the oxygen that six families would need in that year. It might sound dramatic when we say that trees are essential to the survival of humanity, but we aren’t exaggerating!
Reduced Energy Costs
Trees surrounding a home can reduce air conditioning bills by as much as 50 percent. This also results in a reduction of polluting emissions from a power plant. These trees will clean the air and serve as the number one oxygen producer on the planet. In addition, trees that lose their leaves in the fall do double duty – they grow foliage in the spring and summer, which provides shade, and then lose their leaves in the fall and winter, allowing more of the meagre winter sunlight to reach our homes, helping to keep our homes just a little bit warmer in the winter months.
Shade!
Trees provide another benefit for the family, by proving much-needed shade for children playing in the yard or adults working (or playing!) in the garden. Direct sunlight can predispose people to skin cancer and other skin problems, and a shaded yard can help to counteract that. In all honesty, the whole family, from the parents to the kids to the dog to the cat, are more likely to spend good, quality outdoor time in the yard if it’s shaded than if the sun is beating directly down on them.
Reducing Water Consumption and Waste
By slowing the evaporation of water from lawns, trees also help to conserve water. Mature trees do not need much water to thrive, and shaded grass needs less water to look its best than grass that is baking in the sun all summer long.
Beauty!
Trees inarguably add a dimension of aesthetic beauty to homes. Shapely trees are attractive, and they add value to the property. A barren lot, devoid of trees, is not nearly as attractive as one that has properly spaced, thriving trees. Whether they’re blossoming in the spring, shading us lushly in the summer, showing of a blaze of color in the fall, or festooned with lights to celebrate winter holidays, trees add a beautiful element to your yard.
With all of the amazing benefits our trees offer us, it’s obviously important that we protect their health. Timely tree trimming and the removal of problematic limbs can help to shape your trees and extend their lifespan. A yearly tree inspection can catch diseases and fungi before they damage the trees, and before any destructive conditions can spread to other trees. Diseases that are in their earliest stages are usually not readily apparent to the untrained eye and require the services of a trained arborist or tree doctor. If you are interested in a detailed estimate for Cincinnati tree services, contact Tree Images today.
References:
http://www.importanceofstuff.com/trees
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/trees-good/375129
