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Covering for Gary

#1

Dale Lenz

Covering for Gary

My question is not as informative as Garys are, but here goes.

According to my information how many tree species are there in the world? +/- 500 will work

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#2

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To paraphrase Dale. This is a WAG. 10,792.

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#3

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It is either 3.14159 X 106 or 42 X 105

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#4

Dale Lenz

Re: Way too much pie, : ' >

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#5

Dale Lenz

Re: Some place between...

yours and Dan's answer, : ' >. Thanks for playing.

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#6

Dale Lenz

Re: Hint:

The native trees species in Oklahoma account for 0.73% of the total world tree species. As a life science Prof. told me once: Seek and ye shall find.

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#7

Dale Lenz

Re: Hint #2

North America, North of Mexico, houses about 5% of the total native tree species of the world. Come on.......it's a simple math problem, : ' >.

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#8

Re: Hint #2

since I have slow dial-up, I don't google much I'll try another WAG. 60,000.

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#9

Dale Lenz

Re: Hint #3

Divide your # by one of Dan's # and you will be about a 1000 shy. Thanks for not giving up.

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#10

Dale Lenz

Re: Answer

According to my information there are about 20,000 tree species through out the world.

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