#735: Steve McCarron - Re: Re: Re: Re:

Yes because you dont age tree by an incorrect tape measurement. You count the rings for an age this is taught by experts in the field (university lecturers, forestry workers with years of experience) and its also a done method with Forestry Commission. You can core trees whilst standing to age a tree by counting the rings. Size doesn't matter because it could have grown massively if the conditions were suitable. Ring counting to age a tree was taught to me at a young age as a way of describing the age of a tree.

I also aged the birch trees around the central path that have been removed to the right of the plantation forest they came up with an average of 25-30.
The oaks were also incidently of around 35-40 years old having aged a couple

#746: - Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

oh and i add we met 5 individuals when we left the common all in support of the grazing having seen the state the common has got in the past few years 5 and 25 years respectively.