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To: ManyMoose who wrote (290345)8/26/2002 9:59:39 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
where it ends up as wood and eventually gets incorporated into your house, where hopefully it will stay for a very long time.

managed trees are only about 50 years old, and the houses built from them rarely last over 50 years. Left alone a tree could last 500 years.

Most of the decay you write about is from leaves and small branches. Young trees drop leaves too at the same rate as mature trees. Eventually an equilibrium is reached.

TP
Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." Reagan '81