Other soft hardwoods.
Is diamond willow a hardwood.
The tree grows diamond shaped cankers in response to the fungus.
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If you cut diamond willow it will not grow back quickly.
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Diamond willow is a type of tree with wood that is deformed into diamond shaped segments with alternating colors.
This is most likely the result of attack by a fungus valsa sordida and possibly others which causes cankers to form in the wood in response to the infection.
These deformations create interesting shapes and patterns especially once the bark has been removed making diamond willow a.
Diamond willow does not refer to a particular species of willow but is a description of an abnormal growth form of certain fungus infected willow trees.
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Some alaskan diamond willows are 150 years old and one only 2 in diameter is likely to be 50 years old.
Because of its slow growth rate diamond willow is a hardwood.