Larch is quite a special tree – fast growing and highly rot resistant while often growing very straight.
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We just milled several tamaracks on our site and have used them in the past for construction. Makes a very strong building, but be advised that most larch timber has a significant 'snap' characteristic wherein it may twist over a few years after being milled. I believe there are ways to reduce this effect by stacking and drying it carefully after milling. Also, the wood is extremely hard after it dries, making it challenging to hammer in large spikes. Drilling and bolting may be a better option in this case.
Larch is also easy to propagate from cuttings. If it kept it's needles it would perfect. Black locust isn't bad to mill if it's wet but still isn't close to the ease of larch
Also very resilient in storms
You have such a short fall season. Greetings from NY
do dawn redwood grow where you are? they grow very quickly, i'm not absolutely sure but have heard they make a good replacement for cedar if you needed something for shingles, siding, and such
Black walnut too for quick growth and supposed rot resistance.
Most rot resistant tree in Europe. When sawing in mill, blades are lubricated with water, or saw will jam .
Probably not a good candidate for South Central Texas! It would be interesting to see if they survived zone eight in the Texas heat? So many other projects that have more priority! Thank you for the beautiful video tour! Where are you?
Hmmm. Yeah. I have 3 acres I'm morphing the forest into multi purpose. I should move some tamarack larch among where the black spruce is and see if it grows well there.