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I thought Palm was like 'boo and grasses???- it comes out of the ground and is the same diam a hundred years later???It just hardens over time I thought???
Quote from: Thesquirrelslinger on July 15, 2013, 08:04:05 pmI thought Palm was like 'boo and grasses???- it comes out of the ground and is the same diam a hundred years later???It just hardens over time I thought???Really ? If that's true then it is very interesting
palm if you cut it shows dots instead of rings, more dense to the outside of the palm, I've got some petrified palm slabs i'm gonna try and knap cool looking stuff
palm trees increase their trunk diameter due to division and enlargement of parenchyma cells, which is termed diffuse secondary growth
Palm tree sap is more like a jelly, the "wood" are more like fibers they dont really grow "rings so much as expand, its harder to explain than i thought it would be, think,, expansion more like a balloon , from the inside out.
I'll start the fun.. Yes.. Although may not be as pronounsed as what we in the northern areas see.. The purpleheart and ipe I've seen does have rings, palm wood didn't have seperate rings.. All areas do go though wet and dry seasons quicking and slowing of growth.. Allitude would also play a factor.. Thanks Leroy