Just for fun.
Let's see if we can get a picture of a spoon made from the wood of every native UK tree species (give or take).
I've extracted the list below from Wikipedia, and then adjusted it slightly so you don't have to be a trees expert to contribute to the thread. There is quite a bit of debate about what is a native species, and which species should be included, but that's a debate for elsewhere. This thread is my idea, so lets go with the list below.
Basically, post a picture of your spoon, saying which wood it is, and then copy and paste the list below, adding your name to the species you have just 'bagged'.
To prevent prolific spoonmakers bagging all the common species too quickly, let's alos enforce a 'one spoon per post' rule. Feel free to bag more than one species, but you need multiple posts to do it.
The artisitic merit of the spoon that you post is irrelevant. I'm just hoping for nice variety of spoons.
The list:
No prizes, but can we, collectively, complete this list?
Let's see if we can get a picture of a spoon made from the wood of every native UK tree species (give or take).
I've extracted the list below from Wikipedia, and then adjusted it slightly so you don't have to be a trees expert to contribute to the thread. There is quite a bit of debate about what is a native species, and which species should be included, but that's a debate for elsewhere. This thread is my idea, so lets go with the list below.
Basically, post a picture of your spoon, saying which wood it is, and then copy and paste the list below, adding your name to the species you have just 'bagged'.
To prevent prolific spoonmakers bagging all the common species too quickly, let's alos enforce a 'one spoon per post' rule. Feel free to bag more than one species, but you need multiple posts to do it.
The artisitic merit of the spoon that you post is irrelevant. I'm just hoping for nice variety of spoons.
The list:
- Alder
- Crab Apple/Apple
- Ash
- Birch (Silver or Downy)
- Beech
- Box
- Wild Cherry
- Bird Cherry
- Blackthorn
- Wych Elm
- Smooth Leaved Elm
- Hawthorn (Common or Midland)
- Hazel
- Hornbeam
- Holly
- Juniper
- Lime (Small or Large Leaved)
- Field Maple
- Pedunculate (English) Oak
- Sessile Oak
- Scots Pine
- Aspen
- Black Poplar
- Rowan
- Whitebeam
- Wild Service Tree
- Willow (any)
- Buckthorn (Alder or Purging)
- Elder
- Dogwood
- Spindle
No prizes, but can we, collectively, complete this list?
