You can tell because of the way it is.
The age of wood
Submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If you don’t know when it was planted, then just cut the tree down and count the rings. Easy!
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 year ago
And how much time is equal to a ring ? Four seasons ?
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I think one human year equals 7 tree years, or something. So if you know when the tree was planted, just multiply by 7!
Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Assuming you live in a region with 4 seasons per year, then yeah.
From what I understand (and according to this), the lighter parts of the rings get created when the tree grows rapidly, which typically happens in spring. And the darker parts get created during slower growth, which typically happens in summer. In autumn and winter, trees tend to not grow.
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
/r/restofthefuckingowl
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Here’s the rest:
Current year - year tree was planted = age of tree
Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Unless it’s excel and the tree was planted before 01-02-1900
niktemadur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
???
Profit!
psud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I think you’re looking for the one referring to lack of pixels
underwire212@lemm.ee 1 year ago
If X, then X
anarchist@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
At least it’s not wrong
Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 1 year ago
This does have real implications in dendrochronology. If you were to take a beam from a structure built hundreds or even thousands of years ago, you can use ring spacing along with climate records of the area it was cut down in to determine when it was cut down, which will tell you the approximate age of the structure (and as a result, the tree). The rings can reflect events such as floods, fires, droughts, and periods of rapid growth, so if you can match those up with climate records and known samples, it works out the way the graphic describes.
keepcarrot@hexbear.net 1 year ago
The text at the bottom suggests that you can also use the trees planting year to determine its age. Which is also true
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
You could just ask. 🤷🏻♂️
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Never ask a tree their age.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Or maybe you could just Google it.
beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
When did someone train a Flat Earth AI to answer Google questions
UlyssesT@hexbear.net 1 year ago
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Also a good way to make sure it doesn’t have any more birthdays
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh i dunno, basic math seems elude so many i wouldnt count on them knowing how old a tree is by having the date it was planted
expatriado@lemmy.world 1 year ago
if you planted from seed, some trees from the nursery may be 8 years old or older, specially those that come rooted in 45 gallon containers
veganpizza69@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The great thing about this test is that this age value will remain constant after the measurements.
MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 1 year ago
AI-generated ass response
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
But how???
over_clox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And if you don’t know when the tree was planted, just ask the tree it’s birthday, duh.
VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Remind me of wiki.lspace.org/Counting_pines
Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Just be sure to avoid the ents, they are quite defensive about their age and may raise their voice by a decibel