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  2. Barkdust - Wikipedia

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    The bark from cedar or hemlock is more tan in color, as the processes which produce these types of barkdust may leave a greater percentage of wood (as opposed to bark) in the resulting material. Shredded Douglas fir bark is known for its many slivers, those who handle it with bare hands or walk on it with bare feet are likely to get splinters ...

  3. Wood Chips Are the Secret to Healthy Soil and Plants ... - AOL

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    Wood chips act as a weed suppressor in two ways. Wood chips block sunlight, which weeds need in order to germinate and break through the soil, and they also act as a physical barrier.

  4. Douglas fir - Wikipedia

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    The Douglas squirrel harvests and hoards great quantities of Douglas-fir cones, and also consumes mature pollen cones, the inner bark, terminal shoots, and developing young needles. [ 13 ] Mature or "old-growth" Douglas-fir forest is the primary habitat of the red tree vole ( Arborimus longicaudus ) and the spotted owl ( Strix occidentalis ).

  5. Woodchips - Wikipedia

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    Only the heartwood and sapwood are useful for making pulp. Bark contains relatively few useful fibres and is removed and used as fuel to provide steam for use in the pulp mill. Most pulping processes require that the wood be chipped and screened to provide uniform sized chips. [citation needed]

  6. Kinnikinnick - Wikipedia

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    An informant removed the outside bark of a twig with her thumbnail and noted that the remaining layer of bark when carefully shaven off served as tobacco, so-called kinnikinnick. Today kinnikinnick is a mixture of finely crushed inner bark of the red dogwood and shavings of plug tobacco.

  7. Wood ash - Wikipedia

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    Wood ash from a campfire. Wood ash is the powdery residue remaining after the combustion of wood, such as burning wood in a fireplace, bonfire, or an industrial power plant.It is largely composed of calcium compounds, along with other non-combustible trace elements present in the wood, and has been used for many purposes throughout history.

  8. Arbutus menziesii - Wikipedia

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    The tree can be found growing along with Douglas-fir. [4] The thin bark is susceptible to fire, but new saplings readily sprout after such disturbances. [4] Mature trees survive fire, and can regenerate more rapidly after fire than Douglas-firs. Pacific madrone also produce very large numbers of seeds, which sprout following fire. [5]

  9. Wood-decay fungus - Wikipedia

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    Wood decay caused by Serpula lacrymans (called true dry rot, a type of brown-rot). Fomes fomentarius is a stem decay plant pathogen Dry rot and water damage. A wood-decay or xylophagous fungus is any species of fungus that digests moist wood, causing it to rot.