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Some research and trees grow 0.5" in diameter a year So to get a 6 foot diameter tree, it would have to be 144 years old Why do we never see 6 foot diameter trees (excluding the redwoods)

Some research and trees grow 0.5" in diameter a year

So to get a 6 foot diameter tree, it would have to be 144 years old

Why do we never see 6 foot diameter trees (excluding the redwoods)

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Okay well I know I've seen maples and oaks that get over the 200 year mark as well. Cut down but they got there.

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You've seen 6 foot diameter trees?

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Not all trees grow at the same rate, even the same types of trees. And its not a fixed rate throughout a trees life. In dense stands of doghair fir and pine theyll grow out way less than up. Hundred year old trees can be the diameter of your leg. Its not as simple as trees grow x diameter per year so a 200 yr old tree will be x diameter. Youre way oversimplifying it.

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Yeah I grew up in northern michigan for a couple years. Yeah I've seen it.

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Yes. Personally. Here in Dayton. Its at a nature preserve. It's an enormous stump and you can count the rings if you're so inclined.

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They are fairly common. I saw several in Ohio when I was a kid... I remember these.. 18 ft diameter..

https://www.metroparks.org/places-to-go/sugarcreek/

https://www.dayton.com/places/park/dayton-oldest-sisters-are-550-years-old/P5nypeTBMZNzbGnbcxQteM/

There are banyan trees, oaks, and cypress trees in Fl. WAY over 6 all over the place...