[TheForge] Brainstorming -- Trouble with trees (OT)

[Jerry Frost]

The only maple we have here are ornamental, need special care and don't get 
large. One of my therapists grew up in Wa. in a loging family so, seeing as 
how I ended up in his office we talk cutting timber. I was passing on info I 
picked up from him about vine maple. Seems they get to be mid sized trees 
where he worked. I'll have to ask for more details next time we talk.

Jer
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>I had to look up a Vine Maple - non around here.  But it says they are: 
>"Maple Family (Aceraceae). Vine maple is a native, deciduous shrub or small 
>tree that ranges between ten to twenty feet."
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> If only 20' tall it seems like they can't be too dangerous.  I have seen a 
> 20" Dia plus tree rotate about 180 degrees when cut while still standing 
> on the stump.  Scared the heck out of all of us.  There can be some real 
> built-in stresses in some tress.
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