Assertion: beech | /r/HasProperty | slow-growing
Facets:
value: relatively
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: They can eventually grow to 100 feet or more, though they are slow-growing and will take many, many decades to reach that height.
text: They are relatively slow growing trees, achieving 1 foot in height at six years old, 2 feet at 10 years and 6 feet at 22 years.
text: Beech trees are slow-growing deciduous trees that prefer well-drained, slightly acidic soil.
text: Unfortunately, because beech can regenerate aggressively and is slow-growing, in most uneven-aged forest management situations (typical small landowner timber management) it can gradually become the dominant species, progressively outcompeting more valuable species.