Guidance - Tree Life Expectancy

Tree Life Expectancy

Tree Life Expectancy Table

SPECIES LIFE EXPECTANCY (YEARS)

Alders - Alnus
Birches - Betula
Most poplars - Populus
Willows - Salix

50 - 70

Crab apple - Malus sylvestris
Rowan - Sorbus aucuparia
Wild cherry - Prunus avium
Whitebeam - Sorbus aria

70 - 100

Ash - Fraxinus excelsior
Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna
Norway spruce - Picea abies
Red oak - Quercus rubra
Walnut - Juglans regia

100 - 150

Beech - Fagus sylvatica
Norway maple - Acer platanoides

150 - 200

English oak - Quercus robur
Holly - Ilex aquifolium
Limes - Tilia
Scots pine - Pinus sylvestris
Sessile oak - Quercus petraea
Sweet chestnut - Castanea sativa
Sycamore - Acer pseudoplatanus

200 - 300

Austrian pine - Pinus nigra
Noble fir - Abies procera
Sitka spruce - Picea sitchensis
Yew - Taxus baccata

300 +