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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-124031210-1348598234=:19387 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You started a very interesting discussion Heather=0ANothing anyone said rul= es out a 400 year old oak. Documented=A0=0Atrees 300 plus leave quite a bit= of variation possible in the=0Adying age. The half life will be much less = of course but ones=0Aat the end of the scale might easily get over the 400.= =0AOak in the 1800 - 1875 period of wooden ships were sought=0Awherever the= y could be found. The beautiful fall foliage made it=0Ahard for them to hid= e! And the lads were good at handling big logs.=0AThey didn't get spars at = the building supply store.=0AThey removed most of the large oak at that per= iod especially=A0=0Awhere it was easy to do - PEI for example, no stones, h= ills not too steep=A0=0Aand lots of horses and a good demand.=A0=0AI would = be susprised if you could find one there over 200 years old.=A0=0A=0AAnd to= see some of the things=A0I see in the deep woods make me=0Abelieve there w= asn't much of NS left=A0to chance for a big tree. Spruce or oak!=0AHave a n= ice fall=0A=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Hea= ther Drope <heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca = =0ASent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:15:41 PM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] old o= ak=0A =0A=0A =0AAs we speak, it could be being up rooted. I had not realize= d how big around =0Athis tree was before the land was sold or I would have = documented the size =0Afor the Big Tree listing on NatureNS web site. Too l= ate now.. I am not going =0Ato trespass on to this land. =0AHeather.. =0AHe= ather Drope=0ANova Scotia Wild Flora Society=0Awww.nswildflora.ca=0A902-440= -5032=0A=0AWe do not see nature with our eyes, =0Abut with our understandin= gs and our hearts. =0A=A0W. Hazlett ---2114655128-124031210-1348598234=:19387 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>You starte= d a very interesting discussion Heather</span></div><div style=3D"color: rg= b(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', ti= mes, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Noth= ing anyone said rules out a 400 year old oak. Documented </span></div>= <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new= roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-styl= e: normal; "><span>trees 300 plus leave quite a bit of variation possible i= n the</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-= family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: tran= sparent; font-style: normal; "><span>dying age. The half life will be much = less of course but ones</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;= background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>at the end of t= he scale might easily get over the 400.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rg= b(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', ti= mes, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Oak = in the 1800 - 1875 period of wooden ships were sought</span></div><div styl= e=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', = 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal= ; "><span>wherever they could be found. The beautiful fall foliage made it<= /span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family= : 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparen= t; font-style: normal; "><span>hard for them to hide! And the lads were goo= d at handling big logs.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;= background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>They didn't get= spars at the building supply store.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0= , 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times= , serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>They re= moved most of the large oak at that period especially </span></div><di= v style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new ro= man', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: = normal; "><span>where it was easy to do - PEI for example, no stones, hills= not too steep </span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-si= ze: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; backgro= und-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>and lots of horses and = a good demand. </span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;= background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>I would be susp= rised if you could find one there over 200 years old. <br></span></div= ><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times ne= w roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-sty= le: normal; "><span>And to see some of the things </span><span style= =3D"background-color: transparent; ">I see in the deep woods make me</span>= </div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'tim= es new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; fon= t-style: normal; "><span style=3D"background-color: transparent; ">believe = there wasn't much of NS left </span><span style=3D"background-color: t= ransparent; ">to chance for a big tree. Spruce or oak!</span></div><div sty= le=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman',= 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">= <span style=3D"background-color: transparent; ">Have a nice fall</span><br>= </div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'tim= es new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; fon= t-style: normal; "><span>Paul</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)= ; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif= ; background-color: trans