Wood species used for the wood tie in « Erable »
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Wood specie : Sycamore maple
French : Erable sycomore
English : Sycamore maple
German : Bergahorn
Italian : Arce sicómoro
Spanish : Acero sicomoro
Dutch : Sycomoor
Origin : Europe
Latin : Acer pseudoplatanus
Family : Acéracées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 10 25 m
Diameter : 0.4 1.2 m
Density : 0.6 0.7
Life : + de 200...parfois 500 ans.
This giant maples, very prolific, disperses its winged seeds in the wind, so we encounter everywhere his majestic silhouette. I appreciate his wood hard with this satin aspect, either for furniture either for sculpture.
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