Posted by JDEM on February 19, 2017 at 19:19:30 from (70.194.15.229):
In Reply to: Re: What kind of wood posted by JayinNY on February 19, 2017 at 19:00:56:
The USA and Canada used to be full of huge ones but they have gotten pretty scarce in central and northern NY. At one time they were used for medicine and got harvested and sent to Europe. I have seen some huge ones in some protected areas in Michigan and a few in New York, here and there. Sassafras does not grow fast enough in central NY to have growth-rings like the one in the photo.
Arbor Vitae, by some historical accounts was supposed to be the name given to sassafras but was mistakenly used for a type of cedar instead. Jacques Cartier and his crew were sick with scurvy (early 1500s) and supposedly the local Indians cured them with a broth made from sassafras. Thus why some called it "arbor vitae" or "tree of life." One of my favorite trees.
I don't know what that wood is but the growth rings are almost as big as for a soft tree like a Staghorn Sumac.
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