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Index of Subjects Hi Heather, That's still a very old tree. I'm not sure what records there are for the antiquity of red oaks in Nova Scotia. Perhaps Colin Laroque may have some insights on how this compares with other old red oaks in the region. Cheers, Chris ---- Heather Drope <heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > 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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