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If 10,000 Chicago Biters plant one tree, we'll create enough O2 to keep 180 people breathing easy for a year.

The most popular state tree is the sugar maple: New York, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Vermont all claim the sweet photosynthesizer as their own.

Catch Some Rays

The Bite

Wanna take in some sun without the skin damage? Head to Garfield Park Conservatory's new permanent exhibit, "Sugar from the Sun," opening Saturday as part of the GPC's 100th birthday celebration. Get an eyeful of 60 species of orchids hanging from 14-foot steel "trees," as well as bromeliads, philodendron, and other tropical plantings lush enough to impress Gold Coast decorators and your seventh-grade life science teacher alike. This 6,200-sq-ft indoor show uses lighting and sound effects to explain photosynthesis - how air, water, and light churn up enough sugar to power all life on earth and make it beautiful. And yes, it's a bazillion times more fun than junior-high bio. Hoo-ray.

Wanna Try

Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park Ave. b/t W. Franklin and W. Washington Blvd. (773-638-1766 ext 13). Admission and parking, free.

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