Doug Miller wrote:
In article , Luigi Zanasi wrote:

Just to add to the confusion, the English Planetree, which is also
widely planted in France and Italy is really a hybrid between the
American Sycamore and a Balkan Sycamore (Platanus orientalis). And
when quartersawn, sycamore (the American one) is called lacewood,

Say what??

I've *never* seen quartersawn sycamore called anything but "quartersawn
sycamore".


I have in a book, but since every other printed source I saw
refered to quarter sawn silky oak as lacewood I figured
the book was mistaken.

I still figure that.

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