a large tree would be 24 inches in diameter at the base and 50 feet tall. Wide, clear pieces of black locust lumber are not common. A wood boring insect often invades the tree. A leaf miner often ...

This article is adapted from one that originally appeared as "Black Locust ... "Locust tree is a very straight, tall and rather thick tree whose wood is the toughest in all the world, and almost ...

The black cherry or Prunus ... tissues on the bark of a young tree. The cherry bark breaks into thin dark "plates" and raised edges on older wood are described as "burnt cornflakes".

has been strewn with abandoned Christmas trees. And at the bottom of them is often attached a wooden base – a pre-cut, log-sized piece of fuel, perfect to pop into your sleek, matt-black stove.

Carpenter ants are very common inside trees, especially on larger, mature trees that are hollow with cavities. They nest in rotted, decayed wood, although some nests may extend into sound heartwood in ...