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  Podocarpus latifolius
The real yellowwood grows naturally in mountainous areas and forests in the southern, eastern and northern parts of South Africa, extending into Zimbabwe and further north.
The real yellowwood was used a lot for tables and cupboards, as it polishes up very well.
The real yellowwood is slow-growing, but very long-lived and it is able to withstand some frost.
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  What is Yellowwood
Yellowwood is a caring community’s response to the problems faced by youths who struggle in our schools.
Yellowwood also invites the community with its vast resources and abundance of experiences to serve as a partner to help students find their way through school- -and through adolescence.
Yellowwood does not represent an easy way through high school ;rather, it is an honorable option that requires family support and individual dedication.
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 Welcome to South Africa
The yellowwood family has been present in the southern part of Africa for more than 100 million years, and is officially known as South Africa’s national tree.
The species is widespread and found from Table Mountain, along the southern and eastern Cape coast, in the ravines of the Drakensberg to the Soutpansberg and along the Blouberg in the Northern Province.
The bark of the Real Yellowwood is khaki-coloured to grey when it is old, deeply split and peels off in strips.
www.southafrica.net /index.cfm?SitePageID=392   (159 words)

  
 real yellowwood - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The Real Yellowwood has been declared the national tree of South Africa.
The leaves are strap-shaped, 25–40 mm long on mature trees, larger, to 100 mm long, on vigorous young trees, and 6–12 mm broad, with a bluntly pointed tip.
The wood is hard, similar to yew wood, used for furniture, panelling, etc. Due to past over-exploitation, little is now cut.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/real-yellowwood   (155 words)

  
 Real yellowwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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The Real Irish Republican Army is a terrorist group founded by former members of the Provisional IRA before the signing of the 1998 Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement.
The Real IRA is opposed to the Provisional IRA's 1997 cease-fire and acquiescence in the accord.
The Real IRA is distinct from the Continuity IRA, another Provisional IRA splinter group founded in 1986.The 32 County Sovereignty Movement is perceived to be the political wing of the Real IRA.
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 real value - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about real value   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The local yellowwoods are also believed to have a more ancient origin than the hardwood forest trees of tropical origin, having adapted to a forest environment from an older temperate floral kingdom.
‘Real' and ‘upright' are both corruptions of the Afrikaans word for true (opreg), which indicates the superior quality of its timber to that of the kalander.
Real yellowwood carries the seed on a flish-purple receptacle.
www.forestfriends.co.za /PlantLife.php   (5209 words)

  
 Podocarpus henkelii
The leaves of Henkel's yellowwood are bright green to bluish green and glossy above, dull green with a prominent midrib below.
Gymnosperms, often called conifers, are cone-bearing plants, distinguished from the other major plant group, the Angiospermae or flowering plants, as their ovules and resultant seeds are borne unprotected in the cone whereas in angiosperms the ovules and seeds are protected in an ovary.
Large old yellowwood trees form the perferred nesting sites of the Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus) and the kernels of the seeds are a major source of food for this bird.
www.plantzafrica.com /plantnop/podocarphenk.htm   (905 words)

  
 National Gardening Association :: Regional Reports
Yellowwood offers a refined beauty with its chains of white flowers and mottled bark.
My mother was a tree planter, and the yellowwood was her doing.
Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentuckea) - Smooth gray bark marked with harmless decorative lichens give the vase-shaped yellowwood winter interest, while the 12-inch chains of white flowers make it spectacular in late spring.
www.garden.org /regional/report/arch/inmygarden/1786   (567 words)

  
 Knysna Holidays - Accommodation and Information on Knysna - South Africa
She came to load a typical cargo of the time: 3,000 railway sleepers cut from indigenous yellowwood.
Harvesting continued throughout the 19th century and was responsible for much of the destruction of the forests, although encroachment and the Great Fire of 1869, which burned a huge swath from George to Humansdorp, also contributed.
Real Yellowwood - more popular than kalander, it has always been sought after for beams, flooring and furniture (to tell the difference when you're in the forest: the kalander's bark peels off in ragged blocks, while the real yellowwood's peels off in narrow, vertical strips).
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 iafrica.com | diy | carpentry Know your woods: Yellowwood
Not only is the yellowwood the national tree of South Africa, it is also a much sought after timber for the manufacture of furniture.
Yellowwoods are distributed over much of the world, and the principal species are natives of South America, New Zealand and South Africa.
Other yellowwood varieties include the Breede river yellowwood (Podocarpus elongates), confined to the winter rainfall areas of the Western Cape, small-leafed or Outeniqua yellowwood (Podocarpus falcatus) and the drooping-leafed yellowwood (Podocarpus henke/ii).
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 Real World/Road Rules Challenge - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Real World/Road Rules Challenge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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 The Vernacular Architecture Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Yellowwood was preferred for joinery, stinkwood for furniture.
INTERNAL DOORS consist almost always of a single panel of yellowwood, raised, fielded and moulded, set in a wide teak style: the size of the single panels is a reminder of the gigantic trees from which they were obtained.
The screen is usually of teak and yellowwood, more rarely of stinkwood, Syringa (Indian Lilac) or Mahogany: the lower portion of each leaf of the screen is a wooden panel, the upper portion being either glazed, or later, louvred.
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The canopy of between 12 and 20 m is formed by high stinkwood, red alder (Cunonia capensis) and real yellowwood trees interspersed with middle-sized trees such as the kamassi.
Red alder, stinkwood, real yellowwood and Cape beech are among the stunted trees forming a low canopy of between 6 and 10m.
Large standing trees of the Outeniqua yellowwood (Podocarpus falcatus) have shallow root systems that appear partly above the soil surface and extend horizontally in excess of 40m away from the bole.
www.forestfriends.co.za /SettingAndEcology.php   (4940 words)

  
 Madikela Tours - National Symbols   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
South Africa's present national flora and fauna emblems, all of which seem to have evolved spontaneously, are the Giant or King Protea, the Yellowwood, the Blue Crane, the Springbok, and the Galjoen.
The Yellowwood Family is ancient and was represented in this part of Africa more than 100 million years ago.
Yellowwood was used for building, furniture, wagons and in later years, railway sleepers.
www.madikelatours.com /info/nat-symbols.aspx   (1490 words)

  
 Protected Trees List of South Africa
Podocarpus elongatus Breede River Yellowwood Breederivier-geelhout (A) 15
Podocarpus falcatus Outeniqua Yellowwood "Outniekwa-geelhout (A), Mog“bag“ba (NS)," 16
Podocarpus latifolius Real Yellowwood "Opregte-geelhout (A), Mog“bag“ba (NS), Umcheya (X), Umkhoba (Z)" 18
www.environment.co.za /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=155   (416 words)

  
 South Africa's National Tree
The bark of the Real Yellowwood is khaki-colored to gray when it is old, deeply split and peels off in strips.
The crown is relatively small in relation to its height and is often covered with gray lichen.
The female cone has a fleshy podocarpium on which the seed, which takes on the shape and color of a cherry, develops.
www.southafrica-newyork.net /consulate/about%20south%20africa/nationaltree.htm   (168 words)

  
 Real Yellowwood -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Real Yellowwood -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The Real Yellowwood has been declared the (Click link for more info and facts about national tree) national tree of South Africa.
The (The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees) wood is hard, similar to (Any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves) yew wood, used for furniture, panelling, etc. Due to past over-exploitation, little is now cut.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/re/real_yellowwood.htm   (130 words)

  
 South Africa's National Tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Yellowwood family is primeval and has been present in this part of Africa for more than 100 million years.
The species is widespread and is found from Table Mountain, along the southern and eastern Cape coast, in the ravines of the Drakensberg up to the Soutpansberg and the Blouberg in the Northern Province.
In contrast, trees that grow in unsheltered places like mountain-slopes, are often short, bushy and gnarled.
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 Knysna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Nestling on the banks of a tranquil estuary it is surrounded by a paradise of lush indigenous forests and golden beaches, making it a real natural wonderland.
Outeniqua yellowwood trees draped with Old Man's Beard lichen present an imposing sight.
A particularly big, old specimen can be seen at Diepwalle forest station: the `King Edward VII´ tree, named in 1924 on a visit by the Empire Parliamentary Association, is an estimated 600 years old; its total height is 39 m, the bole's circumference is 6 m.
reafricatours.com /Knysna.html   (310 words)

  
 South Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While South Africa has a really great wealth of flowering plants, it has a dearth of forest resources.
Currently, South African hardwood trees like Real Yellowwood (Podocarpus latifolius), stinkwood (Ocotea bullata), and South African Black Ironwood (Olea laurifolia) are under constant supervision and protection by governmental environmental agencies.
South Africa's most prevalent biome is grassland, which is particularly present on the Highveld, where the plant cover is dominated by different grasses, low shrubs, and acacia trees, mainly camel-thorn and whitethorn.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Africa   (4673 words)

  
 Real Yellowwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Real Yellowwood (Podocarpus latifolius) is a large evergreen tree up to 35 m high and m trunk diameter in the conifer family Podocarpaceae.
The wood is hard similar to yew wood used for furniture panelling etc. to past over-exploitation little is now cut.
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Last month, it was discovered that the oak tree holding up a 400-pound boulder in Indiana's Yellowwood Forest had fallen down.
To this day, no one knows how the boulder came to be 40 feet up in the tree.
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 Accommodation at Knysna Hollow Country Estate, Western Cape, South Africa
Built in a bygone era, it is finished with pressed ceilings, yellowwood floors and indigenous furniture.
It was built from yellowwood at the end of the previous century during the gold rush.
It is the perfect description of this exquisite area but does not do justice to the overwhelming experience the Tsitsikamma provides for those fortunate enough to visit it and to indulge in its unique pleasures.
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 Bahamas Real Estate Guide, Bahamas Real Estate, Bahamas B2B   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Allow one of these friendly Bahamas real estate agents to assist you in finding the quintessential property for your family, your business or just yourself.
All of the Bahamian real estate brokers and their associates listed on this site are highly experienced in assisting sellers to stragetically market their property and sell it for top dollar.
Bahamas real estate is in high demand and, according to published statistics, three out of every four homebuyers use the Internet to find a home.
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 The Presidency - Republic of South Africa
The yellowwood family is primeval and has been present in South Africa for more than 100 million years.
The species is widespread and is found from Table Mountain, along the southern and eastern Cape coast, in the ravines of the Drakensberg up to the Soutpansberg and the Blouberg in Limpopo.
In contrast, trees that grow in unsheltered places like mountain-slopes, are often short, bushy and gnarled.
www.thepresidency.gov.za /main.asp?include=symbols/yellowwood.html   (249 words)

  
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Семейство деревьев Yellowwood существует в этой части Африки уже более 100 миллионов лет.
И наоборот, деревья Real Yellowwood, растущие в открытой местности, например, на склонах гор, часто невысоки, сучковаты и имеют густую крону.
Кора Real Yellowwood — цвета хаки, но когда дерево стареет, она приобретает серый оттенок и легко отдирается.
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