Another "salvaged" wood is the Tasmanian Huon Pine. Its an exceedingly slow growing tree.. One tree was reported in a journal when settlers first ventured there 150 year ago and its still only 20 foot tall.. Looks like a standard sapling. However mature trees are large.. The wood seems not to rot and so fallen trees lying in fresh streams or ocean are salvaged and used. Apparently worms and bacteria find the oils in the wood hard to take so they rarely touch it.. These logs a are reported to be hundreds if not thousands of years old.. That is without the preserving effects of moor or bog..
There is a new gaffer here made of Huon pine and she is stunning.. Today huon pine is way too expensive and rare for boats.. Shame as its unique and absolutely stunning wood..