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The largest tree on record is rejected in part because it's over the theoretical limit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nooksack_Giant https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by calibas 3mo ago
The largest tree on record is rejected in part because it's over the theoretical limit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nooksack_Giant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nooksack_Giant
Too bad we cut it down, along with almost every other giant Douglas-fir.
- hinkley 3mo agoThere are stories that the moss on trees in temperate rainforests allow the tree to pull water from their branches instead of the ground, increasing their max height. For a while there were people poaching the moss that facilitated this, which is a problem because it grows only inches per year.
- ryanmcbride 3mo agoGod that's sad. We really can't have anything nice.
- hinkley 3mo agoIt’s harder to remove the moss from high up in the tree and there are more risks in doing so. I was never clear on how prevalent this shittery was.
- RetroTechie 3mo agoAnd leaves can absorb moisture from water droplets on their leaves. Like from rain or foggy sea winds. Why go through a transport system when the water is right where it's needed?
- rolph 3mo agowater isnt all thats needed, solutes mined from soil, by the root system are required by the entire plant. Water and solute movement in plants: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/anatomy-and-physiology/water-and-solute-movement-plants https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/anatomy-and-physiolo... there is a disconnect between the roots and the xylem, its not a throughway, there is a switchover. Plant Roots and Mineral Nutrition: An Overview of Molecular Basis of Uptake and Regulation, and Strategies to Improve Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE) https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-9380-2_5 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-9380-2_...
- Alien1Being 3mo agoHuman barbarism is not new... "The placard recorded that the Nooksack tree produced 96,345 board feet (227.348 cubic meters) of the "finest quality" lumber. The New York Times regarded the tree in a March 7, 1897 issue as the "most magnificent fir tree ever beheld by human eyes" and called its destruction a "truly pitiable tale" and a "crime". The Morning Times of February 28, 1897 claimed that the wood, sawed into one-inch strips, would reach from "Whatcom [the tree's location] to China"."
- fsckboy 3mo ago>Human barbarism is not new... to be fair, without humans there would be nobody to declare "barbarism". At one time, all humans were barbarians, it took a certain level of cultural development before the word "barbarism" was necessary, so at that point it was "new". It remains be be shown whether cultures that call other cultures "barbaric" are actually "better".
- vlovich123 3mo agoBarbarism was just the ethnic slang Greeks had for non Greeks that Romans then adopted for non Romans. But cultures playing “I’m the best” is not new nor did it require cultural development; othering is a natural part of game theory to make sure your tribe has tighter cohesion against intruders.
- card_zero 3mo agoYeah, they were called barbarians because they talked funny. Bar bar barbar bar, they went.
- seabrookmx 3mo agoI just visited this beauty[1] a few weeks ago. Not 400ft tall, but over half that and over 13ft round at the base! We're lucky to have a handful of big Doug Firs, Sitka Spruce, and Western Red Cedars left on Vancouver Island. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lonely_Doug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lonely_Doug