Would not think the less water part, but more like different soil parent materials from the native range up north, so maybe different minerals and heavy metals.
sorry no standing pics but a couple of bark and green branch tip pictures if you like
the wood shavings were very fragrant. and when i wanted my wife to smell it last night i grabbed a little foliage rubbed it between my thumb and finger and got a very good pine/cedar smell
sorry i don't see it, now matter how i look at it
Got me wondering now....
Field mouse or donkey???
sorry i didn't see any seeds
It was wet due to rain, so you are right on this.
You pictured several opened seed cones, did you see any that were still closed? How big are the cones you have? The Oriental are like twice as big as our natives. The native cones are never glaucous either.
Eric,
Trev,
sounds good
Well, we sawed these burls today. Pretty much total bust. The oak wasn't oak. It was sourwood. And the maple looked good when we took the cap off. The farther we got into it, the worse the ant damage was. The maple wpuld make some awesome resin projects for someone. I'll keep an eye out for a chestnut oak burl and save some pieces
Well.....what makes you say Sourwood? Sourwood is diffuse porous. Those first few pictures look a lot like oak, an onion burl, showing some sunburst.
