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		JoeAltmaier on Feb 19, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Grow a Forest Really Really Fast Thanks! Mistyped, should have been '4'. Still, there are 4000+ square meters to an acre. That remains two orders of magnitude larger than a mature forest should have.

whorleater on Feb 19, 2015 [–]

It's also mentioned in the article that not all trees survive, meaning that the density would actually be slightly less than how it's planted.

JoeAltmaier on Feb 20, 2015 | [–]

So slightly less than 16,000 trees per acre?

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