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Corley5

#25
March 25, 2008, 05:04:34 PM




Zach and a beech burl behind our house.  You can see the green roof in the background.  Beech burls aren't very common around here.  This is the only one I've seen actually  :) :)



Pretty nice sugar maple burl  8) 8) ;) :)
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Brad_bb

#26
March 25, 2008, 05:59:51 PM
What is a burl and why does it form?  Is the tree fighting some foreign body?  Is it something like gall in a grapevine?
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thedeeredude

#27
March 26, 2008, 07:58:06 PM
I believe this is some sort of maple, not sure.



masonjar

#28
March 26, 2008, 08:06:07 PM
Yeah,  "Brad_bb" ask earlier a question that I was wondering also.

Does anyone really know what is the cause of them??? I have seen them all my life but never really knew what caused them to grow and develope.

Ironwood

#29
March 26, 2008, 08:21:15 PM
Ok, THE easy answer first, insect, injury or disease. The scientist cannot make it occur in a lab (that I know of) and it is a sprial growth much like a tumor, or cancer.

Ironwood
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ohsoloco

#30
March 26, 2008, 08:50:29 PM
The one in thedeeredude's pics looks like a lead that died and broke off years ago.

Dieselrider

#31
March 27, 2008, 07:52:03 AM
OK, what causes a burl to form anyway? Is it a imperfection in the tree, a scar from a wound, bug, what? :P
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Burlkraft

#32
March 27, 2008, 07:57:22 AM
Quote from: Dieselrider on March 27, 2008, 07:52:03 AM
OK, what causes a burl to form anyway? Is it a imperfection in the tree, a scar from a wound, bug, what? :P

From what I have heard over the years...All of the above  ;)  ;)
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Ironwood

#33
March 27, 2008, 08:56:51 AM
THEDEERDUDE,

That maple looks like REALLY high quality pin knot (the best kind), but from the setting in the backround of hte photo it looks like it would be missed by someone.


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thedeeredude

#34
March 27, 2008, 05:32:48 PM
Reid,
  Its not easily seen from the road that goes through there and I doubt anyone would know what it is anyway.  If that tree ever comes down I'll have my hands on it pronto.
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Dave Shepard

#35
March 27, 2008, 08:56:38 PM
Here's how you get that last burl. Chop it out with a saw, it's almost completely outside the normal shape of the bole anyway, then cover with a sprinkle of dirt and some old leaves. No one will ever notice. :D


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Daren

#36
March 28, 2008, 06:25:56 AM
I have showed this picture before, but I am posting to keep updated on the thread. These burls had their own burls.
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#37
March 29, 2008, 07:58:13 AM
  The fella that owned these spruce didn't care about the burls he just wanted them into lumber, talked him out of it. 
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