Mystery softwood identification

[agrimog]

J, did it come from the old estate between Elgin and Lossie, there were a lot of odd ball specimen trees there, spynie woods rings a bell as to its name

[se7enthdevil]

good point, the name of the estate may aid me in finding out what it is.

[Big J]

J, did it come from the old estate between Elgin and Lossie, there were a lot of odd ball specimen trees there, spynie woods rings a bell as to its name

 

It did yes, Innes House Estate.

[se7enthdevil]

when it was dropped did the estate manager not know what it was?

[Big J]

It blew over, and yes, no idea!

[agrimog]

J, yer on your own, Innes estate is over behind miltown, there are so many different species of trees on that estate it could be anything, if it had been spynie or pitgaveney, there was a chance, they were church owned , and not so varied, but innes has been in the same family for generations, everything from everywhere planted on that one.

( how do I know, used to live in lhanbryde!)

[se7enthdevil]

considering the size and straightness of the log it does narrow it down a bit so finding it may not be a lost cause.

[oldwoodcutter]

Red fir.

[irish surgeon]

Stone pine. possibility

[spiral]

Although id is easier of leaves,buds etc. than coniferous timber samples, expert like Kew will id small timber samples for the public/trade etc using microscopic,chemical & light analysis... I think it costs around £100.

 

You also get free tickets to kew gardens , but that might not be much use given your locality.

 

This chap can probably explain the full details..

 

[email protected]

 

 

If you want to learn timber id. theres a one week course there course is just over £500.

 

Cheap if you have a couple of dozen samples to take along you want to id.

 

spiral