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re: Louisiana Purchase Cypress Legacy trees - Anybody seen one?
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:53 pm to npersa1
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:53 pm to npersa1
quote:Maybe try asking it?
I imagine there's gotta be a better way to determine the tree's age than counting rings
You really can't know because of the spacing of the rings due to seasons. They all grow at different rates because of weather/soil conditions, so you can't go on size either. Like I said before, I've seen 100+ year old cypress trees that are only 20ft tall
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Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:22 pm to Hammertime
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I've seen 100+ year old cypress trees that are only 20ft tall
If I was a tree, id be that one
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:36 pm to Hammertime
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Like I said before, I've seen 100+ year old cypress trees that are only 20ft tall
In south Alabama there was a huge live oak that the local government wanted to protect because it had to be 200 years old or more. The land owner got pissed and ringed it with a chainsaw. He got into trouble but when they finally cut it down and looked at the rings it was only about 80 years old. Must have grown up in an open field.
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Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:10 pm to Hammertime
quote:
Maybe try asking it?
I'd love to hear the stories these trees could tell if they could talk. How accurate do you think the ring counting method is? Like, not-at-all accurate, or good-enough-for-a-ballpark-guess accurate?
Does the core sample hurt the tree at all? Or is there a level of risk that would deter the scientist from sampling it like that? I assume it's probably a relatively expensive test too.
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