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I didn’t know how old baobabs trees got so I went hunting:
“Baobabs can’t be dated like most other trees. Some years they form no rings, and others they form more than one. So simply counting their rings doesn’t reveal much about their age.”
“Some large individuals live to well over a thousand years of age. All baobab trees are deciduous, losing their leaves in the dry season, and remain leafless for eight months of the year. They can grow to between 5–25 m (16–82 ft) in height. They are in fact known both for their height and trunk’s girth.”
February 18, 2022 at 10:47 am
Aaron Rose quote
February 18, 2022 at 11:18 am
That’s a huge tree. I wonder how old is that tree.
February 18, 2022 at 1:47 pm
I didn’t know how old baobabs trees got so I went hunting:
“Baobabs can’t be dated like most other trees. Some years they form no rings, and others they form more than one. So simply counting their rings doesn’t reveal much about their age.”
“Some large individuals live to well over a thousand years of age. All baobab trees are deciduous, losing their leaves in the dry season, and remain leafless for eight months of the year. They can grow to between 5–25 m (16–82 ft) in height. They are in fact known both for their height and trunk’s girth.”
February 18, 2022 at 1:58 pm
Thanks, now we both know.
February 18, 2022 at 9:50 pm
I was amazed at how old they can get.