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As Lumberjocks we all have an interest in trees. so how about a page designated to interesting trees & use of trees.
Here is one to start the ball rolling.
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Alerce Tree (Fitzroya cupressoides) native to the Andes mountains of southern Chile and adjoining Argentina, where it is an important member of the Valdivian temperate rain forests.
A very large evergreen tree, the largest tree species in South America, growing to 40-60 m tall and up to 5 m trunk diameter.
In 1993 a specimen from Chile was dated as 3622 years old. This gives it the third-greatest fully verified age recorded for any living tree, after the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine and the as yet unnamed 9,550 year old spruce tree discovered in Sweden in 2008.
Source Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzroya
Alerce Tree
 
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Jarrah Tree. Eucalyptus marginata is one of the most common species of Eucalyptus tree in southwest of Western Australia. The tree and the wood are usually referred to by the Aboriginal name Jarrah. Because of the similar appearance of worked jarrah timber to the Honduras mahogany tree, jarrah was once called Swan River mahogany after the river system that runs through Perth.
Source: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_marginata

Look at those burls
Jarrah

King Jarrah Manjimup Western Australia
King Jarrah Manjimup
 
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