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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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According to a "news" outlet, 'Tree farts' from so-called 'ghost forests' in North Carolina are contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, according to experts from North Carolina State University. Dead trees -- also known as snags -- in these 'ghost forests' release carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in trace amounts (as does the nearby soil) that are contributing on some level to greenhouse gases.
Does this answer an age-old question "If a tree farts in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound"?
Will Greta now be campaigning against flatulent firs, bottom-burping birches and all other tooting trees?  |
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By *igmaMan
over a year ago
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"Does this answer an age-old question "If a tree farts in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound"? "
No expert... but think ‘who ever smelt it, dealt it’ would still apply |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Does this answer an age-old question "If a tree farts in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound"?
No expert... but think ‘who ever smelt it, dealt it’ would still apply"
Good point |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
Trees spend
The 1st 3rd of the life growing
The 2nd living
The 3rd dying
The list below gives the estimated or simply likely ages achieved by some trees in Britain. The ages given are those which appear most frequently when collected from numerous sources.
Trees regularly exceed their average or typical lifespan and there are thousands if not tens of thousands of examples of this throughout the country.
Apple 80 Maritime Pine 180
Ash 200-220 Monkey Puzzle 150
Aspen 100 Mulberry 120-150 ish
Beech 180-200 Norway Maple 150
Common Alder 200 Norway Spruce 200
Common Lime 400 Red Oak 200
English Oak 350 Robinia 250
Cedar of Lebanon 350 Rowan 120
Cider Gum Eucalyptus 120 Scarlet Oak 150
Crack Willow 100 Scots Pine 300
English Elm 300 Silver Birch 80 in southern England, 150
in northern England, 220 in the Highlands of Scotland
European Larch 350 Silver Maple 150
Field Maple 200 Sweet Chestnut 450
Ginkgo 250-400 Sycamore 200-220
Hazel 60-80 Tulip Tree 300
Holly 120 Tupelo 220
Hornbeam 300 Tree of Heaven 200
Horse Chestnut 350 Walnut 200
Indian Bean Tree 150 Wild Cherry 150
Lombardy Poplar 150 Wych Elm 250
London Plane 400 Yew 300++
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"Trees spend
The 1st 3rd of the life growing
The 2nd living
The 3rd dying
The list below gives the estimated or simply likely ages achieved by some trees in Britain. The ages given are those which appear most frequently when collected from numerous sources.
Trees regularly exceed their average or typical lifespan and there are thousands if not tens of thousands of examples of this throughout the country.
Apple 80 Maritime Pine 180
Ash 200-220 Monkey Puzzle 150
Aspen 100 Mulberry 120-150 ish
Beech 180-200 Norway Maple 150
Common Alder 200 Norway Spruce 200
Common Lime 400 Red Oak 200
English Oak 350 Robinia 250
Cedar of Lebanon 350 Rowan 120
Cider Gum Eucalyptus 120 Scarlet Oak 150
Crack Willow 100 Scots Pine 300
English Elm 300 Silver Birch 80 in southern England, 150
in northern England, 220 in the Highlands of Scotland
European Larch 350 Silver Maple 150
Field Maple 200 Sweet Chestnut 450
Ginkgo 250-400 Sycamore 200-220
Hazel 60-80 Tulip Tree 300
Holly 120 Tupelo 220
Hornbeam 300 Tree of Heaven 200
Horse Chestnut 350 Walnut 200
Indian Bean Tree 150 Wild Cherry 150
Lombardy Poplar 150 Wych Elm 250
London Plane 400 Yew 300++
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Wow..that's quite a list! |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Trees spend
The 1st 3rd of the life growing
The 2nd living
The 3rd dying
The list below gives the estimated or simply likely ages achieved by some trees in Britain. The ages given are those which appear most frequently when collected from numerous sources.
Trees regularly exceed their average or typical lifespan and there are thousands if not tens of thousands of examples of this throughout the country.
Apple 80 Maritime Pine 180
Ash 200-220 Monkey Puzzle 150
Aspen 100 Mulberry 120-150 ish
Beech 180-200 Norway Maple 150
Common Alder 200 Norway Spruce 200
Common Lime 400 Red Oak 200
English Oak 350 Robinia 250
Cedar of Lebanon 350 Rowan 120
Cider Gum Eucalyptus 120 Scarlet Oak 150
Crack Willow 100 Scots Pine 300
English Elm 300 Silver Birch 80 in southern England, 150
in northern England, 220 in the Highlands of Scotland
European Larch 350 Silver Maple 150
Field Maple 200 Sweet Chestnut 450
Ginkgo 250-400 Sycamore 200-220
Hazel 60-80 Tulip Tree 300
Holly 120 Tupelo 220
Hornbeam 300 Tree of Heaven 200
Horse Chestnut 350 Walnut 200
Indian Bean Tree 150 Wild Cherry 150
Lombardy Poplar 150 Wych Elm 250
London Plane 400 Yew 300++
Wow..that's quite a list!"
Thanks, I did a quick search. Always good to bring something to the party. |
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