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Sugar Maple age
Wouldn't it be 60" divided by 3.14 x 5 = 95.55?
Isn't there a fairly good way to estimate a tree's age (without killing it, that is?) What other ways are there for knowing when a tree has reached it's maturity? (For instance, does it stop getting new growth?) Kate Vincent Chebetar wrote: Kate Your sugar maple would have an estimated age of 60" x 5 = 300 years in a non-forested environment. There are to many factors that could affect the growth rate in a forested situation. Vince "kate" wrote in message ... The tree is 60 inches in diameter at the 5 foot level, and is in a residential front yard in Nashville TN. There was a Silver Maple that shaded it somewhat, but that went down a few years ago in a tornado. By the chart used from http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/leaf/HowOld.html I figure if it was in a forest it would be 95 years old. How would I figure age in a non forest area? Kate PS - Thanks for the great book recommendations - I'm about half way through Forest Primeval and I'm seeing the woods I frequent in a totally new light! (And I love my Textbook of Dendrology!) |
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