Time for a special seven part series about a specialist subject: How a tree grows.
Trees need light, water and nutrients to grow. They can grow anywhere from 15 to 300 foot tall and as much as 11 foot in diameter. They can live for thousands of years. They are highly adapatable and because of this it makes them very successful plants. The key to their success is in their growth patterns. We will be exploring this over the following week with a seven part series. The life cycle of a tree is below:
1. Seed
2. Seedling: the above-ground part of the embryo that sprouts from the seed
3. Sapling: After the seedling reaches 1 m tall, and until it reaches 7 cm in stem diameter
4. Pole: Trees from 7–30 cm diameter
5. Mature tree: over 30 cm diameter, reproductive years begin
6. Old tree: dominate old growth forest; height growth slows greatly, with majority of productivity in seed production
7. Overmature: dieback and decay become common
8. Snag: standing dead wood
9. Log/debris: fallen dead wood
interesting post, looking forward to the rest of the series.