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"loki" writes:
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| Interesting. My mother has a clump of birch trees that is 30 years old. I
| remember it being planted when I was pregnant with my first child who just
| celebrated her 30th birthday.
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| I doubt these are exceptions. I remember birch that were that old all over
| the place.
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| What sorts die at 15 years?

Less the species than the conditions. Many birches are trees of
the far north, and live for quite a long time in really miserable
conditions. In southern England, they typically live longer than
30 years, but are not all that long-lived.

So, anything from 15 to 150 years, depending ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.