I think we have a hard time thinking through the difference in time scales. A tree's year is as our day. Can you imagine what a 200 day full lifespan might be like? I've cleared forest, and watched the white oaks that were suddenly in the open pop out and double in size in 15 years. 60+ year old trees. They seem appreciative, as far as i can tell. They all started leaking sap to feed bees immediately; the forest dwel…
> A tree's year is as our day
That’s exaggerating. The life expectancy of a human is in the order of 30,000 days.
Reading https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees, and ignoring clonal trees (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetative_reproduction), 6,000 years seems to be the upper limit.