Diamond willow does not refer to a particular species of willow but is a description of an abnormal growth form of certain fungus infected willow trees.
Is diamond willow a hardwood.
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Because of its slow growth rate diamond willow is a hardwood.
Our standard spindles are 30 inches long with a diameter of 1 1 2 to 2 inches.
They are coned on both ends and contain at least 3 diamonds each.
If you cut diamond willow it will not grow back quickly.
The tree grows diamond shaped cankers in response to the fungus.
Some alaskan diamond willows are 150 years old and one only 2 in diameter is likely to be 50 years old.
Willows in general like low lying wet areas.
Other soft hardwoods.
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This is most likely the result of attack by a fungus valsa sordida and possibly others which causes cankers to form in the wood in response to the infection.