off crest road, near avent ferry....that is all

blight resistant



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10/6/2009 6:21:41 PM

YAY

10/6/2009 6:34:34 PM

that's exactly what i said!

There i was, walking home from the bus, and KUNG-pOW...i saw the unmistakable husks and sure enough, set back from the road about 20' was a chestnut tree....made my day

10/6/2009 6:37:30 PM

There's one near Enloe High School in a guy's yard.

10/6/2009 6:37:40 PM

Daddy, if I had nuts on my chin would those be chin nuts?

10/6/2009 6:37:57 PM

on a somewhat related note, there's a buckeye tree in the court of carolinas..

10/6/2009 6:38:26 PM

it really is a shame how many have been wiped out, especially in the Appalachians.

10/6/2009 6:38:34 PM

true...while hiking the AT i saw a fair amount of young ones, but i knew the blight would hit em soon. I did however run across a handful hear and there....wish there were many more around

10/6/2009 6:40:13 PM

Aren't they working on cultivating a blight resistant variety?

10/6/2009 6:40:30 PM

they are....i'd have to look into it again, but i found a pamphlet in a hostel in CT that talked about it...i believe it's in VA...dunno if they are genetically modified or crossbred or what

10/6/2009 6:41:50 PM

did you see many hemlocks? theyve also been hit hard havent they?

10/6/2009 6:46:20 PM

If I remember correctly it's crossbreeding but it's been so long since I last read an article about it I can't be sure.

10/6/2009 6:47:27 PM

isnt it a cross between the american and chinese chestnut?

10/6/2009 6:48:22 PM

Yeah I think so.

10/6/2009 6:48:40 PM

I beleive i did see a (northeast..maine maybe) and have briefly read about their threats.

For some reason i'm more into IDing broad leafed trees

10/6/2009 6:49:26 PM

i really want to hike the AT next spring. How long did it take you?

You should make an "Official Hike the AT" thread

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10/6/2009 6:50:45 PM

5 months and change.

[Edited on October 6, 2009 at 6:54 PM. Reason : there's not an official thread, but we made a couple in chit chat...there somewhere]

10/6/2009 6:52:33 PM

Quote :

"You should make an "Official Hike the AT" thread"

This is relevant to my interests.

10/6/2009 6:55:13 PM

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Nerdchick made these

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10/6/2009 6:57:57 PM

YO

This is that tree from the other day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpinus_caroliniana

10/6/2009 7:20:17 PM

word!...the hornbeam...yeah, i had never heard it called iron wood, but you were right!

check out this scale for hardness

http://www.sizes.com/units/janka.htm

10/6/2009 7:24:38 PM

wow so its just a little softer than hickory, sounds like that guy was elaborating a little when he said it would dull your chainsaw in seconds, still pretty damn hard tho.



also, did not realize dogwood was such a hard wood

10/6/2009 7:31:08 PM

yeah...compared to the south american species too...lawwwd

I was telling you about that ipe wood...that shit is ...that's the hardest wood i've ever seen (no homo). A lot of wealthy people have their decks made out of it because it's so weather resistant

lignum vitae is the hardest that i know of though

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10/6/2009 7:33:01 PM

why couldn't there have been a gumball tree blight instead of chestnuts

I don't think anyone would miss the gumballs

10/6/2009 7:39:56 PM

BAAARRIITTAA!!!!


oh oh...you're talking about the sweetgum tree...i dunno...i like the shape of their leaves too much

i dont want any tree to have a blight

10/6/2009 7:41:59 PM

but come on, if you had to pick one ...

10/6/2009 7:49:49 PM

OKAY...FINE

Id choose the....ummm...uuummmm..maybe the european plane tree since it is so similar to the sycamore

10/6/2009 7:54:09 PM

Quote :

"why couldn't there have been a gumball tree blight instead of chestnuts I don't think anyone would miss the gumballs "

hahaha true.

10/6/2009 8:34:16 PM

'bout to be some wood porn up in here for TheBullDoza

maple burl

followed by Argentine Lignum Vitae, Janka 4500!

and Kingwood

10/6/2009 9:28:56 PM

cock in hand!!!!!


you might have to bring that lignumvitae up to the mountains...you KNOW i wanna look that shit over.

nice oak floors

man, you werent kidding...the grain on that king wood is baller

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10/6/2009 9:31:21 PM

you can see the burl better in this one, not washed out like the first one.

10/6/2009 9:32:58 PM

damn...i'm fucking envious!

those grips are gonna look good!

10/6/2009 9:34:14 PM

That's some lovely wood there, adam.

Eric, I like this thread

10/6/2009 9:35:03 PM

this thread almost makes me wish i would have paid attention in my forestry class

10/6/2009 9:36:48 PM

I am bringing a saw..... you know we are going burl hunting this weekend!

10/6/2009 9:36:53 PM

thanks xtine!!!

you know i love talkin about some trees and wood...

I was in charleston with some folks. I beleive adam was there, and i was talking about teak. I was blabbing for a good minute, and this guy was all "are you talking about the fraternity?"

NO I'M NOT FUCKING TALKING ABOUT THE FRATERNITY YOU INSIGNIFICANT TWAT RAG!!! dONT ACT LIKE YOU DONT KNOW MUH NAME!

10/6/2009 9:38:33 PM