On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:58:09 -0600, Joe Wells
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I'd never heard of tan oak before. A bit of spelunking:

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/t/t0039150.html :
An evergreen tree (Lithocarpus densiflorus) native to California and
Oregon, having leathery leaves, erect male catkins, and
tannin-yielding bark. Also called tanbark.

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I wonder if that might be where they get that playground chip stuff
that they used to call "tan bark" or maybe "tanbark"?