Debarked red oak species with epicormic branches

#21 - Debarked red oak species with both pith-origin subordinate (larger) and meristematic point-origin epicormic branches

Exhibits:

  • Branch collar wood grain
  • Parenchyma rays
  • Meristematic points

Al Shigo said darkened branch collar-tail’s wood exhibited “blood poisoning” pattern. Al disliked the use of anthropological terms being used to describe wood!

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