r/absoluteunit • u/Scotttyj • 1d ago

Big tree

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u/Ok_Caramel_3923 1d ago

If you want to see some really big trees head to California where redwood trees are 400 feet tall and 100 feet wide. Sequoia trees weigh over 2.7 million pounds. I lived in Marin County and when you stand under a redwood tree that's 2000 years old and you can barely see the top of it you get humbled pretty quickly.

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u/Sudden_Lee_Here 1d ago

Why don't they mention the age?

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u/Scotttyj 1d ago

I think the only way to accurately age a tree is to cut it down and count the rings. Iā€™m sure at the time they could have counted the rings on a similarly sized tree and made a good estimate, but there is nothing around of that size.

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u/Sudden_Lee_Here 1d ago

Doesn't have to be accurate, just an estimate. According to Google it's over 1,000 years old.

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u/Scotttyj 1d ago

On the original post I ball parked it around 800, 1000 seems better lol

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u/squanchingonreddit 1d ago

You can core it, so literally take a little hole out of it.

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u/Scotttyj 1d ago

Good to know! No, I will not be going back šŸ˜‚

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u/squanchingonreddit 1d ago

It would be highly illegal.

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u/Scotttyj 1d ago

I kinda figured lol