Quote Originally Posted by Beserkleyboy View Post
Jon, any odea where and what species? Very tall and spindly, looked to be high pruned but never thinned?! Certainly not North America, Australia or NZ. Maybe Asian? Seems a fair amount of mismanagement to bring so little yield of fibre at harvest...
Jim in sunny South Coat NSW...
Looks like Paulonea by the juvenile leaves on RHS. They grow fast and straight if some attention is given in early years. The soft hardwood needs special machining processes that has slowed the BOOM here in Aus.