Bog-wood may come from any tree species naturally growing near or in bogs, including oak (Quercus – "bog oak"), pine (Pinus), yew (Taxus), swamp cypress (Taxodium) and kauri …

Bog Oak, much like Brown Oak, is not a specific species, but is rather a term that designates oak that has been buried in a peat bog for hundreds or sometimes thousands of years.

Feb 17, 2025 · Bog oak is a catchall name for partially fossilized wood, although most of it, as its name implies, originates from oak trees. The origins of this ancient timber are a mysterious …

Bog oak, a lustrous, velvety black, partially fossilized timber formed over millennia, is one of the rarest and most desirable woods in the world.

One of the rarest and most beautiful woods in the world is Irish bog oak. This very ancient kind of wood can be found across Ireland, but is most often recovered from deep peat bogs in the …

English Oak that has been salvaged from a peat bog. As per wood database: “The¬†extremely low oxygen conditions of the bog protect the wood from normal decay, while the underlying …

Ellis Walentine: Bog oak is wood that has lain submerged in a peat bog for a long time, sometimes a thousand years or more. Depending on the length of time it was submerged and …

What is bog oak and bog wood? Six to seven thousand years ago forests of oak, yew and pine grew where these bog lands are now today. The remains of those forests are found 4.5m to …

Occasionally the trunks and roots of trees such as scots pine, oak, birch and yew are also present in the peat. As the summer draws to a close, the boglands stand out most distinctively from …

Jul 11, 2022 · Oaks are a hard durable species and have a high tannin content to begin with. Consequently, well-preserved oaks are frequently found in bogs. Specimens up to 8,000 years …