You can tell because of the way it is.
The age of wood
Submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If you don’t know when it was planted, then just cut the tree down and count the rings. Easy!
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 8 months ago
And how much time is equal to a ring ? Four seasons ?
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months ago
/r/restofthefuckingowl
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Here’s the rest:
Current year - year tree was planted = age of tree
Akasazh@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Unless it’s excel and the tree was planted before 01-02-1900
niktemadur@lemmy.world 8 months ago
???
Profit!
psud@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I think you’re looking for the one referring to lack of pixels
underwire212@lemm.ee 8 months ago
If X, then X
anarchist@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
At least it’s not wrong
Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months ago
You could just ask. 🤷🏻♂️
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Never ask a tree their age.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Or maybe you could just Google it.
beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
When did someone train a Flat Earth AI to answer Google questions
UlyssesT@hexbear.net 8 months ago
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Also a good way to make sure it doesn’t have any more birthdays
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months ago
The great thing about this test is that this age value will remain constant after the measurements.
MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 8 months ago
AI-generated ass response
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
But how???
over_clox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And if you don’t know when the tree was planted, just ask the tree it’s birthday, duh.
VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Remind me of wiki.lspace.org/Counting_pines
Akasazh@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Just be sure to avoid the ents, they are quite defensive about their age and may raise their voice by a decibel