Ambrosia maple wiki. Ambrosia maple also is called ghost maple because the stains look like ghosts suspended in the board and the larvae tunnels appear to be eyes. Ambrosia maple bowl the pohl barn productions. The ambrosia figure has a tapered oblong shape running with the grain and usually a grayish color. Ambrosia harvest is mid to late season.
Ambrosia beetles and ambrosia fungi are thus only one end of the spectrum of the weevil fungus association where both the beetle and the fungus became completely dependent on each other. See image 1 the figure pattern can be mild or dense depending on the degree of infestation. Ambrosia maple wormy maple botanical designation. Not a distinct species of maple.
The wood has beautiful brown and gray stripes with small worm holes. The ambrosia beetle causes the wormy pattern in soft maple lumber and the result is very unique looking lumber. Primarily temperate regions in the northern hemisphere average dried weight. The vast majority of ambrosia beetles colonize dead trees and have minor or no economic effect.
302 to 380 lbsft 3 485 to 610 kgm 3 depending on species. Heat treated ash and maple platter duration. It leaves unique looking tunnelsfigure in maple. The majority of ambrosia maple is found in species of soft maple.
Its maple that is affected by the ambrosia beetle once the tree is dying or dead. 2012 ambrosia maple bowl rough 800x800jpg 800 800. The pohl barn productions 11735 views. Trees are hardy and no major disadvantages have yet been identified.
These apples flower in mid to late season and are in flower group 4. Describes a fungal discoloration caused by wood boring ambrosia beetles. Since spalted maple is not a distinct species the information below is for red maple acer rubrum though the endgrain images show a sample with ambrosiafungal staining for reference. Media in category ambrosia maple wood the following 2 files are in this category out of 2 total.
First created by ma kosti at the semi secret suggestion of miles vorkosigan maple ambrosia was a combination of maple mead and bug butter. This lovely wormy pattern will not effect the final performance of the lumber in any negative way. Clarification needed ambrosia is most common in british columbia where it was discovered and is the third most produced apple in the province.