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Today I went out and Dr.David Patriquin and I measured the red oak tree..
Everyone was right, it wasn't 400 years old.. Looks are decieving in trees as
well as people.
Subject: Tree
The stump, approx 2 feet high had a large area of decomposing heartwood.
The trunk had been sawed into pieces. We counted the rings and
measured the circumference of 2 of the largest pieces which likely
came from close to the base. For one, 213 rings were counted to the
center (no decomposing heartwood), for the other 216 rings to a core
of decomposing heartwood approx 5.5 cm diameter (i.e. the age was
216+). The diameters estimated as circumference/pi were 1,23 and 1.20
meters. The former measurement included a bit of a branch; the better
estimate is 216+years/1.20 m diameter.
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Heather Drope
Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society
www.nswildflora.ca
902-440-5032
We do not see nature with our eyes,
but with our understandings and our hearts.
W. Hazlett
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style=" font-size:12pt">Today I went out and Dr.David Patriquin and I measured the red oak tree..
Everyone was right, it wasn't 400 years old.. Looks are decieving in trees as
well as people. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style=" font-size:12pt">The stump, approx 2 feet high had a large area of decomposing heartwood.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style=" font-size:12pt">The trunk had been sawed into pieces. We counted the rings and  </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style=" font-size:12pt">measured the circumference of 2 of the largest pieces which likely  </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style=" font-size:12pt">came from close to the base.  For one, 213 rings were counted to the  </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style=" font-size:12pt">center (no decomposing heartwood), for the other 216 rings to a core  </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style=" font-size:12pt">of decomposing heartwood approx 5.5 cm diameter (i.e. the age was  </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style=" font-size:12pt">216+). The diameters estimated as circumference/pi were 1,23 and 1.20  </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style=" font-size:12pt">meters. The former measurement included a bit of a branch; the better  </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style=" font-size:12pt">estimate is 216+years/1.20 m diameter.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>Heather Drope</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>www.nswildflora.ca</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>902-440-5032</i></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>We do not see nature with our eyes, </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>but with our understandings and our hearts. </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i> W. Hazlett</i></span></font></div>
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