Nootka cypress lumber1/16/2024 ![]() ![]() Given such inherent mutability, it is not surprising that there are some 200 registered cultivars. Some variants remain completely juvenile, and some get hung up halfway, showing both juvenile and intermediate leaves and branching. Juvenile foliage is mostly upright, but usually congested and prickly, while the adult foliage, made up of softer overlapping scale-like leaves, is borne on spreading branches. Besides a propensity for producing spontaneous branch-sports of various colors, textures, and forms, the species exhibits distinct seedling and adult growth stages. Like other trees in the cypress family, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana is easy to propagate vegetatively-by simple cuttings or grafting onto seedling rootstocks. Interesting foliage mutations were common among both the early seedlings there and their subsequent progeny elsewhere, despite the fact that, in habitat, trees are fairly uniform. Seeds of Port Orford cedar found their way to Peter Lawson’s Nursery in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1854. Those days are over, not just because of changing tastes and the introduction of modern materials, but also because these cypress are dying in the forests. Its wood is light, hard, strong, and easily worked the high quality lumber was once used extensively in shipbuilding and for the interior finish and flooring of buildings. Old growth stands were scattered in small groves, the trees potentially growing for 500 years and reaching a height of around 220 feet (70 meters). ![]() It was once an important timber tree for the region. Lawson cypress or Port Orford cedar, as it is known in its native range and by foresters, is restricted in nature to a narrow strip of the Oregon-California coast and to the mountains of northern California. For the horticulturist, however, its flat sprays of foliage and smaller cones (with fewer seeds per scale) are sufficient to distinguish Lawson cypress from those trees in the genus Cupressus, and we have chosen to retain the use of Chamaecyparis here.Ĭ hamaecyparis lawsoniana is one of the most important conifers in ornamental horticulture. Some botanists have placed Chamaecyparis lawsoniana within the genus Cupressus, relegating the name Chamaecyparis to the rank of subgenus. Photograph courtesy of the Helen Crocker Russell Library ↳ Lutes, Baroque and Renaissance Guitars, etc.Lawson cypress ( Chamaecyparis lawsoniana).↳ Advice on buying, selling or valuing a guitar.↳ Guitar accessories and luthier supplies for sale.↳ Archives of past "Classical Guitars for Sale". ![]() ![]() ↳ Historical Background to Classical Guitar pieces.↳ Classical guitar recording and amplification.↳ Ergonomics and Posture for Classical Guitarists.↳ Search for classical guitar sheet music.↳ Use of nails in playing the classical guitar.↳ Archives of Public Space and its subforums.↳ How to Participate in the Delcamp Classical Guitar Forum.I can hear a huge difference between Mahogany and Cedro, and would be sad to make a guitar from mahogany, let alone maple, or Spanish Cyprus, not only from an acetic viewpoint but most importantly sound.įrom my experience the neck has an enormous influence on sustain, overtones, balance, and response. Cedro being my first choice by far.Īs far as other woods for the neck, personally I would be a bit cautious. There are infinite choices for back and sides, the top can be made from either spruce or cedar, but the neck can be made only of mahogany, or cedro. I admit it is not very easily carved, but other than this? Is it not a stable wood? But maple is used for necks and often referred to as "not very stable species".Īlex, I think about this problem a lot. I will also mention Khaya mahogany, even if tends to have a rougher texture, it has about the same density and looks as Spanish cedar.īut what about Spanish cypress? It is again about the same density as cedrella, and the texture is absolutely wonderful, fine and smooth. walnuts, maples, cherry, port orford cedar. Alexandru Marian wrote:We often talk about alternative neck wood. ![]()
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