Two tree ID's thanks....

[skyhuck]

hope your dog is not playing with the laburnum as it will kill it

 

Really???

 

I know the seeds are poisonous, but did not know the wood was???

[Peter]

Pretty sure all parts of laburnum are toxic, but then again eating logs of any species isn't going to go down too well.

[treequip]

hope your dog is not playing with the laburnum as it will kill it

 

For the timber to kill a dog of that size you would need a much bigger lump than that and it would need to be dropped from a substantial height :laugh1:

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I'll get better photos and post then when I'm home.

 

But the dog's fine. He was chewing (destroying) a different bit of wood. Never seen him swallow any....

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These any better for IDing...???

[gooseflight]

It's still elm.

[daveatdave]

years ago one of my dogs (boxer) picked up a laburnum branch only had it for 10 minutes playing with it and a bit of chewing a hour later it was at the vets proper sick, all parts are poisons

[10 Bears]

The active poison in Laburnam is Cytisine, and this chemical is found all through the plant, so all parts are poisinous as others have said.

 

An interesting article here, also has this little titbit: "That the whole tree is poisonous and not just the seeds is demonstrated by people who have lost kittens when they used a laburnum tree trunk as a scratching post. As long ago as 1928, it was said that exposure to the sawdust of laburnum wood caused ‘constitutional symptoms’. This phrase is used to mean a general feeling of being unwell".

 

Careful with breathing in the chainsaw dust then!

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Thanks.

 

Wonder if the boss will listen now that it's confirmed IT'S ELM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

And for the warning about the laburnum.