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Index of Subjects --047d7b33d4862046de04ca88a2e4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello Dave, Heather and all, I'd be inclined to side with Dave, it seems unlikely the tree was over 400 years old. I just did a little research, and found this website<http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/quercusrubra/records/>which claims that the oldest red oak (Quercus rubra) was measured in Netherlands in 2011. It was 210 years old +/- 10 years, and had a diameter of 5.84m! To put this in perspective, the red oak in the Nature NS big-tree registry with the largest diameter was 2.84m. It should be noted however that a large diameter tree does not always indicate an old tree and vise-versa. A long-lived tree that has grown in unfavorable conditions could live to a ripe old age without reaching an enormous diameter. If you ever age black spruce in a swamp, you'd be amazed how old a small tree can be! This being said, it should definitely be looked at! If no-one checked the age of trees, we wouldn't ever find the records! It would be great to get a ring count. If you're not able to get a good look at the rings, can you get a positive ID on the species of oak? If it's an oak from Europe, I think we can say with confidence that it's not older than 400 years. Ian --047d7b33d4862046de04ca88a2e4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Dave, Heather and all,<br><br>I'd be inclined to side with Dave, = it seems unlikely the tree was over 400 years old. I just did a little rese= arch, and found this <a href=3D"http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/que= rcusrubra/records/" target=3D"_blank">website</a> which claims that the old= est red oak (Quercus rubra) was measured in Netherlands in 2011. It was 210= years old +/- 10 years, and had a diameter of=A0 5.84m! To put this in per= spective, the red oak in the Nature NS big-tree registry with the largest d= iameter was 2.84m.<br> <br>It should be noted however that a large diameter tree does not always i= ndicate an old tree and vise-versa. A=A0 long-lived tree that has grown in = unfavorable conditions=A0 could live to a ripe old age without reaching an = enormous diameter. If you ever age black spruce in a swamp, you'd be am= azed how old a small tree can be!<br> <br>This being said, it should definitely be looked at! If no-one checked t= he age of trees, we wouldn't ever find the records! It would be great t= o get a ring count. If you're not able to get a good look at the rings,= can you get a positive ID on the species of oak? If it's an oak from E= urope, I think we can say with confidence that it's not older than 400 = years.<br> <br>Ian<br> --047d7b33d4862046de04ca88a2e4--
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