Mammoth pine tree of the Palihalas Traditional Cache
Mammoth pine tree of the Palihalas
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15 x 6 cm rounded traditional cache in an old log.
The mammoth pine tree is the world's largest plant. His altitude 50-85 m, his tribe's diameter 5-7 m. the highest copy written down 93,6 metres were tall while 8,85 are his tribe diameters m was. 3.200 are years based on the age of the eldest, known copy, his annual rings.
The bark of the tree with a furrowed, tall construction and the tribe's basis may attain the 60 cm thicknesses even. This bark provides fire immunity for the plant.
His cones 4-7 cm, they ripen under 18-24 months, and they are left on the tree until 20 years even. The seed 3-6 mm. A cone contains 230 seed averagely. The seed dark brown, 4-5 mm long and 1 mm thick, 1 mm one with wings all of their edge. Some seed fall out because of the boiling summer weather, because of the size decrease of the cone, but their majority turns into free one if the cone is fire, you are because of damage done by insects withers. The young plants start ripening a cone in 12 of their year ages. The reproduction of the mammoth pine tree happens to these seed in the nature. A bigger copy may ripen 11.000 pieces of cone even and may yield 300.000-400.000 seed even. The fowl seed from the parent plant onto 180 metres they may land.
General Sherman living in United States name copy according to estimates with a weight of 2100 tons!
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