My dad was up a a friends cottage and they cut up a large tree that fell down in a windstorm.
the tree has this pattern inside.
Anyone know what causes a wood pattern like this in a tree?

On 09 Aug 2008 18:16:46 GMT, no_one wrote:

My dad was up a a friends cottage and they cut up a large tree that fell down in a windstorm.
the tree has this pattern inside.
Anyone know what causes a wood pattern like this in a tree?

I'm getting "encoding erros" nad no pics.

-Zz

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On 09 Aug 2008 18:16:46 GMT, no_one wrote:

My dad was up a a friends cottage and they cut up a large tree that fell
down in a windstorm.
the tree has this pattern inside.
Anyone know what causes a wood pattern like this in a tree?

I'm getting "encoding erros" nad no pics.

-Zz

Same here.

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:58:33 -0400, Lee Michaels wrote:


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On 09 Aug 2008 18:16:46 GMT, no_one wrote:

My dad was up a a friends cottage and they cut up a large tree that fell
down in a windstorm.
the tree has this pattern inside.
Anyone know what causes a wood pattern like this in a tree?

I'm getting "encoding erros" nad no pics.

-Zz

Same here.

The crosscut of the tree pattern is like a sand dollar in appearance.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...h+Images&gbv=1

"Lee Michaels" wrote

"Zz Yzx" wrote in message
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On 09 Aug 2008 18:16:46 GMT, no_one wrote:

My dad was up a a friends cottage and they cut up a large tree that fell
down in a windstorm.
the tree has this pattern inside.
Anyone know what causes a wood pattern like this in a tree?

I'm getting "encoding erros" nad no pics.

-Zz

Same here.

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RLM wrote:
The crosscut of the tree pattern is like a sand dollar in appearance.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...h+Images&gbv=1

Possibly related to what's called "secondary thickening", one
of the things that separate thees from shrubs.

Clifford Heath.

Clifford Heath wrote:
Possibly related to what's called "secondary thickening", one
of the things that separate thees from shrubs.

Now that I've been able to view the image, it's obvious what it is.
It's a species, possibly Norfolk Island Pine, that grows branches
symmetrically on six sides at multiple points up the trunk. This
set of six small branches was cut off when the tree was smaller,
and the trunk has grown around the stumps of those branches. You
can see the broken end of one of the branches, surrounded by resin,
on the upper right side.

Clifford Heath.