Growth Rings by JuliSonne

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Nov 18, 2013

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Description

Basically arise by growth rings that trees in summer and winter at different rates grow. In the spring, the tree produces large cells (earlywood), by the amount of wood grows. During the year, the size of these cells reduced more and more (late wood), be formed until no more new cells and the tree no longer grows. The next spring produces large wood cells, which in addition to the smaller cells again are from last year's fall. At this point, the growth ring boundary is visible as a sharp transition. Therefore, one can determine the age of a tree based on the annual rings. In addition to the annual rings can realize how much a tree is grown in a year. But also reveal something about the specific environmental conditions under which a tree is grown. Wide rings show eg on strong growth, narrow rings point to bad years with high pest infestation or maybe a little rain. Oval rings with a different strong growth indicate that the tree has stood on a slope or strong wind from one side was exposed.

Comments (33)

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Jean_C

11:22AM | Mon, 18 November 2013

A beautiful beech stump, I think. Nice shot and interesting infos, Juli!

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Leije

11:26AM | Mon, 18 November 2013

It was a very big tree ! Esthetic capture with these colors, and thanks for the infos about the trees growth, Juli !

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bebopdlx

11:41AM | Mon, 18 November 2013

Neat photo and info.

ronmolina

11:41AM | Mon, 18 November 2013

Interesting!

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rbowen

12:01PM | Mon, 18 November 2013

Very good capture and information!

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wysiwig

12:08PM | Mon, 18 November 2013

From your title I thought you had somehow seen the four different sizes of trousers I wore over the years before my recent weight loss. A wonderful capture. The growth ring patterns are beautiful. Von Ihrem Titel, den ich dachte, du hättest irgendwie die vier verschiedenen Größen Hose die ich über die Jahre vor meiner letzten Gewichtsverlust trug gesehen. Eine wunderbare Aufnahme. Die Wachstumsraten Ring Muster sind schön.

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jmb007

12:13PM | Mon, 18 November 2013

interessant

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drifterlee

12:21PM | Mon, 18 November 2013

Beautiful shot!!!!

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jayfar

1:00PM | Mon, 18 November 2013

An excellent picture and I like your info.

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Grossevi

1:22PM | Mon, 18 November 2013

Mir tut es immer weh, wenn ich einen gefällten Baum sehe. Kindisch oder?! Hast du Stein und Flöte von Hans Bemmann gelesen? Wenn ja, dann verstehst du vielleicht was ich damit meine :-) Wenn nicht, dann solltest du es tun, wenn du den Mut zu einem außergewöhnlichen Märchen hast.

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blinkings

2:25PM | Mon, 18 November 2013

No more growing for him!

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Rob2753

2:43PM | Mon, 18 November 2013

It's a great shot Sonja and the description is perfect, beautifully taken :) wonderful textures and colours in your shot too :)

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magnus073

4:23PM | Mon, 18 November 2013

Juli, Dies ist ein wunderbares Foto des Baumes. Ich war sehr aufgeregt über die Jahresringe lernen

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billcody

5:21PM | Mon, 18 November 2013

Oh, so jung und musste schon sterben! Der hätte gut und gern noch 800 Jahre gehalten! Sehr schönes Foto, sehr schöne Beschreibung! Schön, dass Du noch hier bist!

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