Maple Ambrosia Wood

The ambrosia figure has a tapered oblong shape running with the grain and usually a grayish color.

Maple ambrosia wood. 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. The beetles bore into the tree and with it bring fungus that discolors the wood. Ambrosia maple wood slabs ambrosia maple is typically found in soft maple. 302 to 380 lbsft 3 485 to 610 kgm 3 depending on species.

Describes a fungal discoloration caused by wood boring ambrosia beetles. Ambrosia maple is a general term attached to a variety of acer true maple species whose boards included colorful bug trails caused by a fungus carried by the ambrosia beetle which penetrates the tree sap as the beetle eats into the tree and it spreads both through the worm hole and up and down in the tree carried along by the sap and causes discoloring of the wood in streaks. Ambrosia maple is considered a decorative feature which gives the wood additional character. The wood is just regular maple thats been visited by certain beetles who left holes that allowed a fungus to discolor the wood.

When the beetle bores into the wood it leaves a fungus which creates the streaks. The beautiful greyish brown streaks in the wood are caused by the ambrosia beetle. Primarily temperate regions in the northern hemisphere average dried weight. Ambrosia maple is technically not a specific species of maple but rather a general description of any type of maple that has been infested by ambrosia beetles.

Ambrosia maple wormy maple botanical designation. See image 1 the figure pattern can be mild or dense depending on the degree of infestation.