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>but is the goal to keep trees alive as long as possible? For some trees, being 100year old means that the trees are in their late teens/twenties/thirties (sou
by atulatul 7y ago
>but is the goal to keep trees alive as long as possible?
For some trees, being 100year old means that the trees are in their late teens/twenties/thirties (source above book). With that in mind, the answer to above question becomes somewhat difficult.
- oasisbob 7y agoFor many cities, the goal is a healthy and sustainable urban canopy. Arboriculture has advanced a lot in the last hundred years, and we've made a lot of mistakes. Eg, inappropriate species like Big Leaf Maple in inappropriate locations, like under power lines. Bad pruning practices. Planting monocultures (Elm). Boxing in roots. As sick trees come down, better practices can lead to better trees for the next generation. For some common species, 100 years is downright old, and reaching the end of their natural life anyways.
- sandworm101 7y agoYou are also applying mammalian standards to a plant. Trees may indeed be capable of living a very long while, but that does not mean that such lives are normal. A tree can live a full and productive life, reproducing and spreading many times, centuries before its total lifespan. There is also some speculation that trees may be immortal, that if their growth is artificially managed that they may just never have to die. Plants are different than mammals. They don't all have the same definitive life cycles.