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Wood Talk (Northern Red Oak)
Episode 20
In this woody episode of Completely Arbortrary, we discuss the jewel of the east, the Northern red oak (Quercus rubra). Wood facts, wood terminology,…
2 years, 7 months ago
Great Malus (Apple 2)
Episode 17
In our final installment of Completely Arbortrary’s Excellent Adventure, we take it all the way back to the year 0, Kazakhstan, where we discuss the …
2 years, 7 months ago
Northern White-Cedar (Arborvitae 2)
Episode 18
A curse word ‘round these parts, the Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) is not a species in itself, but a cultivar of the great Northern white-cedar, a …
2 years, 7 months ago
水杉 (Dawn Redwood 2)
Episode 17
The dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) was once the water fir, a tree endemic to a small valley in China. But thanks to the likes of Chinese…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode II: Attack of the Cones (Douglas-fir 2)
Episode 16
It’s Completely Arbortrary’s Excellent Adventure! To begin this journey through tree-time and tree-space, we revisit the crown of the Pacific Northwe…
2 years, 8 months ago
BONUS EPISODE - How Do Trees Die?
Episode 44
CW: Death
Straight from the Patreon (patreon.com/arbortrarypod) we give you this HUGE two-parter-turned-one-parter episode on how trees die. What does…
2 years, 8 months ago
Botreemian Sapsody (Kentucky Coffeetree)
Episode 15
Oh, Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus), how we love you (please love us back). A tree living out of its time that makes every effort to thwart…
2 years, 8 months ago
Burnt Wood Plank (Sugi)
Episode 14
To conclude our miniseries on logging, we discuss sugi (Crytomeria japonica), a unique conifer that hails from the forests of Japan. In a nation spar…
2 years, 9 months ago
Arboreal Corn (Monterey Pine)
Episode 13
What do you get when you treat trees like corn? A plantation, of course. And a whole lot of Monterey pine (Pinus radiata). A tree that grows stubby a…
2 years, 9 months ago
Under The Tree (Jarrah)
Episode 12
Welcome to Australia, land of strange plants. Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) is no exception! This superfluously hardwooded tree of the Darling Range …
2 years, 9 months ago