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Re:The world has more trees than it did 35 years ago (2021) by GenerocUsername on Monday September 12, 2022 @05:23PM (#32817191)
Many trees grow continuously until they literally kill themselves with unsustainable weight.

Big trees likely add more biomass per year than young trees

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Re:The world has more trees than it did 35 years ago (2021) by hypertele-Xii on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @11:43AM (#32825794)
I would expect plants to genetically encode growth limits, because a mature tree that continues to stand and produce seed will reproduce more than one that falls over prematurely because it never stopped growing.

Does any life form on Earth grow indefinitely?

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