Mountain Ashes attain 500 years of age
November 26th, 2009 | Published in Botany, Plant Appreciation, Trees
Classical texts tell us that the Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans), one of the world’s largest flowering plants can attain an age of perhaps 350-450 years. Using dendrochronological methods and radiocarbon dating, Sam Wood from the Forest Ecology Lab has found evidence that these giants attain an age of 500 years.
Prof. David Bowman also appears in the news clip discussing the role of fire in the regeneration of the giants.
And the trees that Sam examined were probably not the oldest!
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