How do you mistake a 500 year old Oak tree for a 5 year old Ash?

I understand that another group came the next day and only found the 500
year Oak as the 5 year old Ash was taken down the previous day and the Oak
was the only one left. BUT the first sentence said that,
German council employees mistakenly felled one of the country's most famous
trees after mistaking it for a five-year-old ash.

Again I ask, how do you mistake a 500 year old tree for a 5 year old tree?




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