Trees DO normally live that long. In an old-growth forest. 400, 500 year old slow growth trees were the norm.
That was true in the cypress swamps. In the rain forests of Washington. In the desert of Nevada. In the mountains of California. In the plains of Iowa. In the deep oak and hardwood forests of New England. In the great pine swamps of the Carolinas. Lightning and fire were the dangers, and the forest had management methods built into the ecosystem. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Really, that's what you got out of that? > > Things live and die, it;'s a cycle. Trees don't normally live that > long. But since you mentioned it, did you realize most of the oldest > trees are in the US? > > . > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > This is the mindset of today's so-called conservatives. > > > > Everything is a crop to be harvested at will. Never mind that many of > these > > trees were here before anyone settled the area. And that the ecosystems > > evolved around the reality that trees would grow for hundreds of years. > > > > Did you know that there are pine trees in Oregon over 3,000 years old? > > > > Did you know that the canopy of an old growth conifer can have as much > > living on/in it as the mass of the tree itself? > > > > I miss the conservatives that actually wanted to conserve things. Sad. > > > > Judah > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361598 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
