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LARGE >comparison< SCALE   |.|.|.|   Growth rate

• 0.4...17 mm/month Corals
• 1.5 mm/monthToenails
• 2...25 mm/month Moss
• 3 mm/month Fingernails
• 4...5 mm/month Eyebrow hair
• ~5.5 mm/monthAverage growth rate of child height (from age 0 to 18; growth dynamics during different periods of development are varied)
• 1...1.5 cm/month Human scalp hair and beard
• ~2 cm/month Changes in a child's height in the first year of life
• 0.3 m/year Slow-growing trees (e.g., oak, beech)
• 0.5...2.5 m/year Fast-growing trees in their early years (e.g., willow, poplar)
• 0.6...1.5 m/6...8 months Wheat (from germination to harvest)
• up to 60 cm/day Seaweed (giant kelp)
• up to 91 cm/day (~4 cm/h) Bamboo

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