Lignaterrae
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I saw this tree at an arboretum in Brittany, Northern France, last week. It was unlabelled and it has me stumped. Can anyone help out? The leaf size is about 100mm x 75mm and they are arranged alternately on the twig. The 'teeth' around the margin and the leaf itself are soft, not the least spiny. No seeds/fruit were present. Really beautiful thing, would love to find seeds and grow one if it can be identified!
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The wood is hollow in there sense that it has a large empty pith about the thickness of your little finger. The timber is light, pale grey-brown, dries very quickly and easily. The Japanese revere it. Interesting stuff, I took one down in my garden years ago and have regretted it ever since. A paulownia in full flower is a magnificent sight.
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Count me amongst the interested!
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Dried you mean? Quite well actually, no special problems. The tree is a hybrid between Turkey oak and Cork oak, it seems to have inherited the better drying qualities of Cork oak
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Steve, I do have a couple of chunks of Lucombe Oak, just about finished drying. I'll keep some aside for the database
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Birch burr is stunningly beautiful. Trouble is, the burrs are usually pretty small which limits uses.
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Deffo K.paniculata. It does indeed yield good timber but who could fell such a lovely tree? If it has to fall, the timber should be used and Se7enthdevil is the man!
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Need help as the had me puzzled
Lignaterrae replied to Rich Rule's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Decent call. It certainly has a look of that group of ancient conifers. Sorted the zoom but the resolution breaks down quickly so that didn't help. Have a look at a few other genera for clues; Torreya, Podocarpus, Saxeogothaea -
Need help as the had me puzzled
Lignaterrae replied to Rich Rule's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Zoom doesn't work on my laptop. Looking for the shape and layout of the leaves plus detail of what looks like male cones. -
Need help as the had me puzzled
Lignaterrae replied to Rich Rule's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Would need a closer look at the foliage but it sure looks like a Chinese rarity, Cunninghamia lanceolata. If that turns out correct I'd really like a lump of the timber... -
What you are seeing is what the Americans call Buckeye Burl (burr to us). It is indeed from species of Horse Chestnut (Aesculus) that grow in the USA and it is usually cut from right at the bottom of the butt or even into the root. The wood spalts into a fantastic range of colours but is very soft and needs coating with a very tough finish or stabilising throughout. Not unusual to find embedded stones either, as I have personally found out to the detriment of a saw blade. Closely related to our native Horse chestnut but the homegrown stuff just doesn't produce a comparable material. Which is a shame seeing as Buckeye Burr is so horrifically expensive!
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Not uncommon as single specimens in the gardens of stately homes, Steve. There's a good one not far from me in Tatton Park, Cheshire. Don't believe they are grown as a crop though which is surprising given their good growth rate and ever-increasing price of the timber.
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Pic 3 is definitely a softwood so rules greenheart out. The pinkish colour does suggest Douglas Fir and it does have its own unique smell. Any chance of a better / closer picture?
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Agreed Steve, first sure looks like Azobe The second has a very West African look but without closer examination I'm thinking the Sapele/Utile family. Those bands of close parenchyma tissue look very characteristic.
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You must still see skittles even when you close your eyes!
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Nah, it's only of moderately high density, floats easily. Doesn't deserve the title of 'ironwood'
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12" diameter for sumac is huge, would make spectacular bowls
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That would be the best method of turning cherry into firewood.
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I have a large quantity of 1" sawn yew, air dried 15 years. PM me with idea of amount needed if interested bearing in mind I'm near Manchester
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Cryptomeria japonica?
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Aye, I've never found snakewood hiding inside walnut boles!
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Hmmm. Too much heartwood for for lilac I think but it sure looks like a Prunus species. Damson maybe? I've seen it with those pink-purple streaks
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Haaaaahaaaaaaa...I just can't stop myself!
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Or even more correctly, grasses and palms are both members of the botanical Division Monocotlyedonacae, aka 'monocots'. Mainstream woody trees are in the separate Division Dicotyledonacae, aka 'dicots'. Early on in the evolution of woody plants monocots and dicots went separate ways. Agreed, technically not wood but we use 'palm wood' in the loosest sense, i.e., 'woody material' probably because we ain't got a more accurate word to use for it! What a forum this is...!
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Fascinating colour! What species?
