Cambiun
The other day I cut a hickory piece and immediately peeled off the bark. Today My friends and I cut a piece that's much smaller than the other, and the bark is not so easy to peel off. We've ended up...
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Yeti: If strong and fibrous it's under bark. If weak and gummy when wet it's campium. If under bark I'd soak it in water till soft then pull it off. It's a huge pain working it off once dry, and about...
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I though cambium and under bark were the same thing. In fact, they are the same thing. Vascular cambium is the layer next to the wood. Unless there's a layer I've never heard of, then cambium it is.
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There is bark, then inner bark--stringy material you can make cordage of from some species, then cambium, then wood. When new to this sometimes you remove the outer bark and think you've hit wood. You...
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Also: Hickory and pecan can fool you easily. The inner bark can be about as tough and strong and wood-like as the true wood of other species. Tim
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Wow. I was unaware of that. I tend to remove inner bark because I often want to use it for something else - ash bark can be scraped thin and used to make a pouch.
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