[CANUFNET] Appraisal of trees and estimating the age of trees

[Philip van Wassenaer]

Mark,

 

The only way I know is to take an increment core and then estimate based on that.

 

But that will cause damage to the tree. Why is specific age of interest or important? Usually knowing the age does not change very much with regards to the management of a tree.

 

Philip

 

Philip van Wassenaer, B.SC., MFC

Urban Forest Innovations Inc.

1331 Northaven Drive

Mississauga ON L5G 4E8

Tel:  (905) 274-1022

Cell: (647) 221-3046

Fax: (905) 274-2170



 

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From: CANUFNET <canufnet-bounces at list.web.net> On Behalf Of Mark Carroll via CANUFNET
Sent: March 17, 2021 10:35 PM
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Cc: Mark Carroll <environment1st at rogers.com>
Subject: [CANUFNET] Appraisal of trees and estimating the age of trees

 

To all

 

I am looking for some help. Does anyone know of a way to positively estimate the age of a tree? I have some old Acer saccharum I would estimate at 130 years of age. Is there a registry of size, area and specie of tree that can identify the age of trees? I have 2 that I am dealing with, one is 90cm DBH (130 years old) and the other is 54cm DBH (80 years old ).

 

Thanks for any help....

Mark Carroll
ISA Certified Arborist, Qualified Arborist Tech

TRAQ Certified
Taking our environment first
Thanks for connecting...

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