Trees eat pollution products

Leaves can absorb organic nitrates and turn them into amino acids.

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Lockwood, A. L., Filley, T. R., Rhodes, D. & Shepson, P. B. Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L15809 (2008)
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Katharine Sanderson
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Sanderson, K. Trees eat pollution products. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.1046