The tree was 95 percent dead. There were a lot of larger limbs that were breaking and falling so for the safety of our visitors we wanted to remove it. The tree has been in serious decline for two or three years ...
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We're trying to make a positive out of a negative in that we're salvaging some of the wood.
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Those are opportunistic organisms that attack stressed trees. The cause of death is old age and other environmental factors. This tree has reached its lifespan anywhere between 150 and 200 years in this area of the country. We estimate the tree to be between 150 and 175 years old.
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We've been propagating babies for about eight years. We probably have about 100 seedlings from the old tree.
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They grow very quickly when they're young. In the next 10 years the tree might reach 12 to 15 feet in height. For it to get as big as the mother tree, we're looking at 50 or more years.
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