Fascinating Facts About Your Wood Deck

Fascinating Facts Wood Deck about Your Here are a few things you might not know about the most common Northwest decking materials. Port Orford Cedar OREGON Native Americans hold the Port The trees take 300-350 years Orford cedar tree sacred as a healer. The largest known tree, to mature and can live for The Karuk tribe of northwest in Elk Creek, OR, stands 500 years or more California used its wood to 229 ft. tall and has a construct sweat lodges circumference of 43.5 ft. 50000 50000 50000 Fossil records from The highly prized timber In the western hemisphere, Port Orford cedar is known commands prices 5 times higher than Douglas fir - a single tree 50 million years ago indicate the species was once to grow only on a strip of widespread in western can cost up to 50,000 on the coastal land about 200 miles North America open market long and 40 miles wide - about the size of New Jersey (in square miles) Western Red Cedar Native Americans called it the "tree of life" The world's largest Western red cedar tree, at Quinault Lake in Washington state, stands 178 ft. tall, measures 19.4 ft. in diameter and is estimated to be more than 1,000 years old. WASHINGTON A Western red The tree's fibrous bark was cedar tree can once used to make blankets, clothing, diapers, cradle padding, fishing nets and sails continue to grow for up to 300 years When crushed, the Western red cedar is one of aromatic leaves the most widespread trees emit a scent similar in the Pacific Northwest to pineapple Tigerwood Tigerwood's name comes from its dramatic coloring - the sapwood is lighter than the heartwood, creating a striped appearance The name "Tigerwood" is used to refer to several species of trees, including: Coula edulis Lovoa trichilioides Goncalo alves native to tropical western Africa also found in Africa a group of species from Brazil A single Lovoa trichilioides tree The Coula edulis nut resembles a chestnut or hazelnut bears both male in taste and is eaten and female flowers raw, grilled or Although commonly called the "African Walnut", Lovoa trichilioides is boiled Every part of the Coula edulis tree is useful – even the actually more closely related to mahogany bark, which is used to treat kidney and loin problems Mahogany Its leaves can grow up to 20" long There are only three species of genuine mahogany, all indigenous to the Americas - however, many other tropical hardwoods have been sold under the name "mahogany" Spanish colonists built entire ships from mahogany Indigenous people of the Caribbean harvested mahogany by burning the trees near the roots and crafted canoes from them using no other during the 17th century 200 ft. instrument than fire The big-leaf mahogany tree (Swietenia macrophylla) Mahogany is often used to make musical instruments - particularly Most mahogany ever imported by a single towers over the rainforest at guitars and drum shells - country: 80,000 tons a height of 200 ft. and can because of its ability to produce by Britain in 1875 live upwards of 350 years a deep, warm tone Тре The ipe tree is the national symbol of Brazil Its branches put out fragrant, trumpet- shaped flowers On the Janka scale The bark of an ipe tree is of hardness, ipe is a cough expectorant for more than 300% flu or colds when brewed harder than teak into an herbal tea. It is TEAK ПРЕ These trees can reach believed to also treat a height of 150 ft. illnesses such as leukemia, Ipe is the heaviest allergies, diabetes, wood available for dysentery and malaria commercial use - 40% heavier than teak TEAK 40% IPE Copyright © Ricks Custom Fencing & Decking www.RicksFencing.com Infographic designed by Mad Fish SEO HARDNESS