Monkey puzzle tree?? ok i have a monkey puzzle tree it is 40ft and...
ok i have a monkey puzzle tree it is 40ft and i be just wondering could you cut it down and use the wood for furniture?
Those are cool! And at 40', that sucker is old considering that they grow going on for 1 inch per year if they're happy. I wouldn't cut it if I have one...that's the ultimate specimen tree!
I would deliberate from this article that the implication, is it could and WAS used once, but due to it`s slow growth, is no longer used COMERCIALLY.
It is a popular garden tree, planted for its unusual effect of the gooey, 'reptilian' branches with a unbelievably symmetrical appearance. It prefers temperate climates next to abundant rainfall, tolerating temperature down to about -20 ˇăC. It is far and away the hardiest associate of its genus, and can grow well within western Europe (north to the Faroe Islands and Alesund[2]in western Norway), the west coast of North America (north to the Queen Charlotte Islands in Canada) and locally on the east coast as all right, and in New Zealand and southeastern Australia. It is tolerant of coastal saline spray, but does not like exposure to pollution.
Monkey puzzle trees are popularly grown as enhancing treesThe seeds are appetizing, similar to large pine nuts, and are extensively harvest in Chile. The tree have some potential to be a food crop in other areas within the future, thriving contained by climates with cool oceanic summers (e.g. western Scotland) where on earth other nut crops do not grow well. A group of six feminine trees with one masculine for pollination could yield several thousand seed per year. Since the cones drop, harvesting is confident. The tree however does not yield seed until it is around 30-40 years old, which discourages investment within planting orchards (although yields at readiness can be immense); once established, it can live possibly as long as 1,000 years (Gymnosperm Database). Once valued because of its long, straight trunk, its current rarity and vulnerable status close-fisted its wood is now from time to time used; it is also sacred to some member of the Mapuche Native American tribe.
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Answers: Monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucaria, is programmed in Appendix I of the Convention of International Trade surrounded by Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). I do not know its current endangered status.