This tree is in the North Carolina mountains. This orange wood is weird, I have never seen such a thing.
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It is really that orange. No leaves.
Could this be an example of demonic posession of a tree?
Could this be an example of demonic posession of a tree?
This tree was growing 90 feet from the French Broad River. There is a hydroelectric dam there and the land is owned by the power company. The power company came in and whacked 2 dozen trees the other day, I am not sure why. There were four or five of these trees with the orange wood that were cut down. I don't recall that these trees were diseased, the wood looks OK, except it is bright orange. Bark looks OK. This trunk is 18 inch diameter and 20 feet long. I could drive in there and cut it up for the Jotul, but I won't cut it up if I don't know what it is.
Does Ponderosa Pine have orange wood?
Ponderosa Pine doesn't grow in North Carolina. I will try to go back there tomorrow and get more pics. This is a weird one.
Ponderosa Pine doesn't grow in North Carolina. I will try to go back there tomorrow and get more pics. This is a weird one.
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
Cut a section and contact the forest service or a local nature center. UNC has an arboretum just south of you see what they say. Bring a piece of it not just a picture. It has bark like a pine for what that's worth.
I just went back down there and took more pics. The large stump is turning red, and even more brilliant than shown in the pic. Then I got a pic of another, smaller tree. Of the 20 trees that got wacked, one week ago, only these two have this brilliant orange-red wood.
I counted the growth rings and these trees are 40 years old. This place is right on the river, and is a popular spot for people to put in rafts and kayaks and ride the French Broad River. I have seen license plates from Ohio, Florida and NY State parked right there. It is possible that, 40 years ago, a guy from California parked there and planted some Ponderosa Pine seeds.
I touched and smelled the sap, it didn't smell like pine. Weird.
I counted the growth rings and these trees are 40 years old. This place is right on the river, and is a popular spot for people to put in rafts and kayaks and ride the French Broad River. I have seen license plates from Ohio, Florida and NY State parked right there. It is possible that, 40 years ago, a guy from California parked there and planted some Ponderosa Pine seeds.
I touched and smelled the sap, it didn't smell like pine. Weird.
I understand however many non native species have a way of showing up in habitats they normally are not found. It's some type of pine my guess, certain species of pine turn orangish as they are exposed to air.My wager , pine of some sort, been wrong before but I've seen that wood before out west.
To me and if you were in a Northern State or Ontario
I would say it is Black Alder. Too bad you don't have a leaf or the fruit
It is classified as an invasive species here
That may be why the power company cut them
I would say it is Black Alder. Too bad you don't have a leaf or the fruit
It is classified as an invasive species here
That may be why the power company cut them
nrford
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I second black alder. Here's a link to a blog about black alder, (location England), but very possible the same species you are seeing.
www.theguardian.com
Country diary: a chainsaw massacre in the alder woods
Witton-le-Wear, County Durham: This tangle of gnarled trees has a hint of the Florida Everglades about it, with mossy, fallen trunks sinking back into the ooze
I'm in Ponderosa Pine country. That is not Ponderosa Pine. Ponderosa has a red tint to the bark and the bark is more ridged. Also, the wood is red tinged, which makes it look pinkish. And it is pitchy, too. That wood is yellow, the bark is wrong, and there isn't any pitch.
tell me does it smell a little winter greenish cause if it does may be black birch given your location in nc
