Irish Hardwood Trees

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Irish hardwood trees.

Oaks are commonly used in native forestry plantations and their wood is very popular for furniture and flooring. The irish hardwood resource is very limited with about 20 000 cubic metres of roundwood harvested each year in ireland. New processors and designers have entered and energised the market and advocates such as duncan stewart have opened our eyes to the potential. Oak are hardwood trees and a mature oak may grow well over 200 years.

New processors and designers have entered and energised the market and advocates such as duncan stewart have opened our eyes to the. However the use of irish hardwoods has grown considerably over the past decade. We irish have to settle for the bruts like the crataegus and some rare beauts like the oaks. However the use of irish hardwoods has grown considerably over the past decade.

Non native tree species in irish forests. Asia and north america and unfortunately again to the best of my knowledge not a native of ireland. Hiya deidre me too but to the best of my knowledge and i am open to correction the aesculus hippocastanaceae is a genus of about 15 species mainly from south east europe himalayas e. Use of non destructive test methods on irish hardwood standing trees and small diameter round timber for prediction of mechanical properties article pdf available in annals of forest science 77.