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@rifleman44 ha! I was thinking the same thing. The tree looks like it has a small trunk. I was thinking there can't be 100 rings and if there were, it would b
by emcrazyone 12y ago
@rifleman44 ha! I was thinking the same thing. The tree looks like it has a small trunk. I was thinking there can't be 100 rings and if there were, it would be the whole tree.
I'm Mr. Skeptical... It's hard to believe with the tree growth and over a hundred years of weather that the gun stayed propped up like that. It does look a little wedged between two trunks but wow...
- minikites 12y agoTrees grow from the top.
- maxerickson 12y agoThe park service helps narrow down what sort of Juniper it is likely to be: http://www.nps.gov/grba/naturescience/treesandshrubs.htm http://www.nps.gov/grba/naturescience/treesandshrubs.htm One of those species is famously long lived (and slow growing): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_scopulorum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_scopulorum Reaching ~5-6 meters and living hundreds of years. I guess the other is similar, though no mention of ages in the wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_osteosperma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_osteosperma
- jpindar 12y agoDon't trees grow very slowly in arid areas like that?
- rifleman44 12y agoThe gun could also have been laying down at one point then raised slowly as the tree grew.
- ars 12y agoTrees grow from the top - from the very tip of the branches. The trunk never moves up, the gun would not raise as the tree grew. (Grass grows from the bottom, that's why animals can eat it without harming it.)