Sycamore is perfect for Indiana! As a native Hoosier, I love that idea. He could also choose the Eastern Cottonwood or the Northern Catalpa. Those three are so unique and beautiful and I think of them when I think of Indiana, not the Tulip tree.
Love the videos and you really dive into the species characteristics and uses. Whenever you do New Jersey you HAVE to do Atlantic White Cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides. Great tree with a lot of historical value and a beautiful ecosystem that has been in decline for many decades. Definitely a tree worth highlighting!
As a native Pennsylvanian, this episode made me just a little more proud to watch❤ All of your State Videos envoke a sense of pride and joy, and I often get goosebumps as you disclose the woods you have chosen for each state, and why you chose them, but this one made me very proud. Your channel is amazing. It's good, it's clean, and it's very educational, you should be very proud, Justin.
This isn't really a state tree suggestion, but I think it would be really cool if you did a video on street trees! I've heard that it's really hard to find trees that do well in urban environments because they need to have specific root systems or they end up just not well taken care of. Anyways, I really love your videos! Been watching since the first original state tree and the longform videos have been super interesting :)
It would be so cool to see you do some work with some australian timbers. I'd happily send some if sourcing it is hard from the USA. There are some stunning timbers like river red gum and spotted gum!
Really digging these long form videos because you pack so much info in them and it is great watching you work! I’m looking forward to what you’ve got lined up for Wisconsin 😊
Indiana has so many amazing native trees that I just love. My two favorites are the Eastern Cottonwood and the American Sycamore. The cottonwood tree sparkles in the wind and the seeds in spring really do look like cotton and creates a beautiful blanket of what looks like snow. It’s just beautiful. The American Sycamore is just massive and has gorgeous peeling bark that provides a unique charm to any forest. The leaves are giant and the seeds are these funny little balls that poof apart when you rub them and they are super fun to play with. 😂 You can also never go wrong with Northern Catalpa, instantly recognizable for the massive heart-shaped leaves, gorgeous white flowers, long bean seed pods, and gnarled bramble-like crowns in winter. I don’t dislike the tulip tree, but those three are what I think of when I think of an Indiana forest.
I'm a pennsylvanian and I had no clue about that bug story (but I definitely have seen the aftermath of the wood), and it's oddly similar to the situation we have with spotted lanternflies right now, they are absolutely everywhere. In 2019 it was really bad in eastern PA, and this past summer it was really really bad in central PA, seriously piles of dead lanternflies outside of buildings. It's a shame to know we kind of facilitated the growth of two highly invasive species, lol.
I live in pennsylvania and everytime I take a hike I see these kinds of trees, I am subscribing because of this, it just looks so cool seeing states made out of wood.
Some suggestions for Illinois trees: pecan (Carya illinoinensis), basswood (Tilia americana), or shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)! Love the series so far
I grew up with 2 of these trees in my front yard in SLC, and our whole street was (is) lined with them. My parents lost one of them in the Great Inland Hurricane of 2020, and it landed on my dad's BMW and totaled it. They let a local woodworker take the tree. The remaining tree has always been the second tree on the street to start changing colors in the fall. I never knew what type of tree it was until recently, when I discovered the SLC Urban Forestry map. Cool to see something made from one!
I have to say, Vermont is hard to imagine as anything but a Sugar Maple! There's plenty of evergreens to choose from (and that might be a fun play on words for the Green mountain state) The only other thing that really stands out to me though is Black Ash, which is the particular species of Ash used in native ash baskets. I took a class once with an Abenaki woman who taught us how to pound off strips of the aged wood and then use them to weave a basket like that!
As soon as he said 'green ash' I immediately thought of emerald ash borers. In 4th grade we were doing projects on invasive species, and me and my friends did the emerald ash borer. This video brings back good memories. Stay safe and don't release your pets into the wild unless you know they're native to your area.
Oregon should be the Madrone! It's a super cool tree that grows everywhere, and it's commonly referred to as the "Refrigerator Tree" due to it's cold feel to the touch!
It's pretty fun that the black spot on the state is not too far from the capital Harrisburg either. Nice to see my state up on the board! I'll keep a look out for green ash on my next hike.
I really enjoy your videos as a hobbyist woodworker myself, I find your videos fascinating. Also, I made my own mugolio after seeing your video about it on Instagram! It is delicious!
Seeing a sycamore for any of the eastern states would be great! My college in the finger lakes region of New York had a HUGE one out side the main building
As a native Pennsylvanian I can attest to how bad the beetle problem is. And also look up how the Native Americans made bows from ash as it is very interesting. And ash also makes a great tone wood for guitars.
So cool to see more of these! Washingtonian tree lover here, here to request the Cedar (any of the species) for Washington! We studied their impact on ecology and importance to native peoples in school, it would be great to see what you say!
An area of my park was a part of a study for parasitic wasp release for EAB. Sadly they were unable to survive past the first generation here but we still have hope for better control in the future! There’s still plenty of tagged heathy ash trees from pesticide injections but on a large scale that just isn’t feasible :( They also studied if pesticide would spread to nearby trees here and sparky it doesn’t. Lots of visual history in the ash trees of our park
I never comment, but I grew up in Central PA. Idea for eating trees! Birch Beer (either soft drink or ale). I grew up in the Appalachian mountains drinking the Pennsylvania Dutch brand and chewing on the sweet birch's twigs. Would be fun to se your take.
Are you planning on doing a video detailing how you're actually doing the project? Stenciling the states to match up with each other, mounting to the board, hanging the whole piece, that kind of stuff. Also, how do you source wood like this? I feel like I can only ever find the same 10 species at my local hardwood place.
An idea for oregon provided you can ethically source the wood would be Filbert trees. I know that they're native and have been used as a food source by indigenous peoples for years
Funny when people in movies say “oh my god I’m talking to myself I must be crazy” but irl its really normal to talk to yourself out loud and everyone knows that? Like it’s just my inner monologue/dialogue but I’m verbalizing it so I can think more clearly and focus on the main thought.
I would love to see box elder used for a state. Its native range is pretty wide, it’s been widely planted as a landscaping tree, and it grows very quickly. But, it’s the weakest, softest, and lightest of the maples. It’s really difficult to actually kill, but when a live tree gets damaged, its wood gets stained beautiful streaks of red. I don’t really know what state. There are four American cities named after it and one of Utah’s counties. It is native to each of those places, but it’s natural range also extends farther to the northeast than any of those places.
Funny you should say it isnt considered in peoples favourites, but my native English Ash (or European, Fraxinus excelsior) is up there as one of my faves, particularly with the Olive Ash variant where it randomly takes on an olive hue
As somebody who lives on the western NY border to PA, I cannot under sell how insane it looks when you look out across the hills and mountains and half the trees on the hill are dead because of those damn bugs.
It's funny, that knot is kind of close to the tallest mountain in Pennsylvania, Mount Davis (3,213 ft). Yes that's not very tall but much of Pennsylvania sits on the Allegheny Plateau. Locally the area is occasionally called "the big flat". That's because if you were to stand at the top of a ridge, you'd realize the next ridge over is about as high as you are. There really isn't anything more prominent on the horizon. From the air the mountains of Pennsylvania have the most prototypical look of the Appalachian mountains; looking more like green wrinkles than actual ridges and valleys. Also one of the biggest problems with emerald ash borers is how prevalent ash is on interstate medians. Ash is a hearty wood that can handle the stress from the cars and the extra water from highway runoff. Unfortunately, the wooded medians of the east are as much a highway for the ash borers as they are the cars that zoom past. The bugs will hitch a ride, hop off, find a nice home in the median, reproduce, and their offspring will spread in the new area.
I dont mean this in a bad way but these videos come off as 2 videos shoved together. It gives more time for tree facts which are my favorite parts. But i wonder how that effects the youtube algorithm
Yeah it's just a piece of sheet metal I spray painted and mounted to the wall! Works so much better than the v1 map which was a bunch of smaller pieces of sheet metal nailed to a piece of plywood and wrapped in fabric lol
I can agree with the ask borer being out of control, I’m from north eastern pa and all but a select few ash trees are dead or dying, and I say this as I hunt and am in the woods a lot, most that are still standing are dead dtanding
I can't think of anything other than the palmetto for SC. Maybe the pecan? I would say the eastern pine but you did that one for Georgia on your last map. And dogwood and live oak you did already too. Can azalea bushes be used for wood?
when you do Virginia do redbud because it almost became our state tree almost a tie but that might be hard to make because of the small size of redbuds
Id love to see Oklahoma, so I can send her birth state. Also koa wood would make a beautiful addition for Hawaii when you get to it. Also special to my family.
I feel like Indiana has to be the Sycamore, and if you could get your hands on some mangrove wood for Florida that would be awesome
Sycamore is perfect for Indiana! As a native Hoosier, I love that idea. He could also choose the Eastern Cottonwood or the Northern Catalpa. Those three are so unique and beautiful and I think of them when I think of Indiana, not the Tulip tree.
As a fellow Hoosier, I approve of the usage of Sycamore
Quarter dawn sycamore is absolutely gorgeous wood and I feel like it’s under appreciated!!
Quarter sawn lol
You’re request for the sycamore has been verified. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Love the videos and you really dive into the species characteristics and uses. Whenever you do New Jersey you HAVE to do Atlantic White Cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides. Great tree with a lot of historical value and a beautiful ecosystem that has been in decline for many decades. Definitely a tree worth highlighting!
Was kinda hoping for the black birch for PA, but I can't complain about this fantastic lesson and a beautiful final piece!
Oh! Black birch would’ve been a great one for PA!
They're all over New Jersey. I know someone suggested the Atlantic white cypress but I would rather have the birch or the Sassafras instead
As a native Pennsylvanian, this episode made me just a little more proud to watch❤ All of your State Videos envoke a sense of pride and joy, and I often get goosebumps as you disclose the woods you have chosen for each state, and why you chose them, but this one made me very proud. Your channel is amazing. It's good, it's clean, and it's very educational, you should be very proud, Justin.
This isn't really a state tree suggestion, but I think it would be really cool if you did a video on street trees! I've heard that it's really hard to find trees that do well in urban environments because they need to have specific root systems or they end up just not well taken care of. Anyways, I really love your videos! Been watching since the first original state tree and the longform videos have been super interesting :)
This! And why not to mountain mulch around it
It would be so cool to see you do some work with some australian timbers. I'd happily send some if sourcing it is hard from the USA. There are some stunning timbers like river red gum and spotted gum!
Really digging these long form videos because you pack so much info in them and it is great watching you work! I’m looking forward to what you’ve got lined up for Wisconsin 😊
Indiana has so many amazing native trees that I just love. My two favorites are the Eastern Cottonwood and the American Sycamore.
The cottonwood tree sparkles in the wind and the seeds in spring really do look like cotton and creates a beautiful blanket of what looks like snow. It’s just beautiful.
The American Sycamore is just massive and has gorgeous peeling bark that provides a unique charm to any forest. The leaves are giant and the seeds are these funny little balls that poof apart when you rub them and they are super fun to play with. 😂
You can also never go wrong with Northern Catalpa, instantly recognizable for the massive heart-shaped leaves, gorgeous white flowers, long bean seed pods, and gnarled bramble-like crowns in winter.
I don’t dislike the tulip tree, but those three are what I think of when I think of an Indiana forest.
Loving the longform version of these!
Emerald Ash Borers were for sure in Michigan before the 2000's. I remember seeing them in the early 90's
I'm a pennsylvanian and I had no clue about that bug story (but I definitely have seen the aftermath of the wood), and it's oddly similar to the situation we have with spotted lanternflies right now, they are absolutely everywhere. In 2019 it was really bad in eastern PA, and this past summer it was really really bad in central PA, seriously piles of dead lanternflies outside of buildings. It's a shame to know we kind of facilitated the growth of two highly invasive species, lol.
I live in pennsylvania and everytime I take a hike I see these kinds of trees, I am subscribing because of this, it just looks so cool seeing states made out of wood.
How about a video on the jacaranda! This time of year they go crazy in Argentina and they’re just stunning.
A hurricane of jacarandas!
The new aspects incorporated in version 2 of the map are so fun! I can’t wait to see the rest! 😍
Some suggestions for Illinois trees: pecan (Carya illinoinensis), basswood (Tilia americana), or shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)! Love the series so far
Currently studying forestry in Illinois so I’m very excited to see what you choose for the state. There are a ton of amazing trees native here!
Great videos - Can't wait for the next one. In future videos, would you mind doing a 5-10 second feature of how to identify the tree by it's bark?
Miles by the woodpile gives me life!
Best part of growing up in Pa is smelling the trees and exploring the forest
I grew up with 2 of these trees in my front yard in SLC, and our whole street was (is) lined with them. My parents lost one of them in the Great Inland Hurricane of 2020, and it landed on my dad's BMW and totaled it. They let a local woodworker take the tree. The remaining tree has always been the second tree on the street to start changing colors in the fall. I never knew what type of tree it was until recently, when I discovered the SLC Urban Forestry map. Cool to see something made from one!
I have to say, Vermont is hard to imagine as anything but a Sugar Maple! There's plenty of evergreens to choose from (and that might be a fun play on words for the Green mountain state) The only other thing that really stands out to me though is Black Ash, which is the particular species of Ash used in native ash baskets. I took a class once with an Abenaki woman who taught us how to pound off strips of the aged wood and then use them to weave a basket like that!
As soon as he said 'green ash' I immediately thought of emerald ash borers. In 4th grade we were doing projects on invasive species, and me and my friends did the emerald ash borer. This video brings back good memories. Stay safe and don't release your pets into the wild unless you know they're native to your area.
You absolutely have to use the Royal Palm (Roystonea regia) for Florida, I’d imagine that would be a great challenge and a very unique look!
Oregon should be the Madrone!
It's a super cool tree that grows everywhere, and it's commonly referred to as the "Refrigerator Tree" due to it's cold feel to the touch!
Just found this. I sell hardwood floors so this is some great knowledge. Love the speed of delivery and fun graphics and honesty.
Part 2 didn't disappoint at all. If you had a website I'd buy work from you 1,000,000%.
I love this series so much
It's pretty fun that the black spot on the state is not too far from the capital Harrisburg either. Nice to see my state up on the board! I'll keep a look out for green ash on my next hike.
I really enjoy your videos as a hobbyist woodworker myself, I find your videos fascinating. Also, I made my own mugolio after seeing your video about it on Instagram! It is delicious!
Oh I love that!
Seeing a sycamore for any of the eastern states would be great! My college in the finger lakes region of New York had a HUGE one out side the main building
I’ve learnt so much in this video. I’ll be looking into Ash for a couple of projects
Highly recommend Myrtlewood for Oregon! It’s incredibly unique, smells lovely, and has some fantastic CHATOYANCY!!!
I don't know if it's a native species to PA but I always love seeing the sycamores around. they pull up the sidewalks, but there's a beauty in that.
I would love to see a video featuring honey locust
48 to go yay!!!
I enjoyed this a lot more than I should have
Can't wait till you do Minnesota!
I was wondering when Pa would be on the list, and here we are second video!
Can you do Arizona state tree the blue palm verde it a relly Beautiful tree and it has nice wood.
I'm hoping for an oklahoma episode soon, the eastern redbud is a really pretty looking tree
You should do Minnesota next!! Great job on the map! ❤
Can't wait to see Tennessee and what wood you'll use for it.
As a native Pennsylvanian I can attest to how bad the beetle problem is. And also look up how the Native Americans made bows from ash as it is very interesting. And ash also makes a great tone wood for guitars.
Brown Ash for Maine please! I'd love to hear what you come up with for it's uses...
Can’t wait for the Alaska episode!
Idaho! Juniper. I have an old old Juniper tree in front of our old house. It's a special species in soda springs idaho.
So cool to see more of these! Washingtonian tree lover here, here to request the Cedar (any of the species) for Washington! We studied their impact on ecology and importance to native peoples in school, it would be great to see what you say!
Ash makes a great guitar body.
An area of my park was a part of a study for parasitic wasp release for EAB. Sadly they were unable to survive past the first generation here but we still have hope for better control in the future! There’s still plenty of tagged heathy ash trees from pesticide injections but on a large scale that just isn’t feasible :( They also studied if pesticide would spread to nearby trees here and sparky it doesn’t. Lots of visual history in the ash trees of our park
I never comment, but I grew up in Central PA. Idea for eating trees! Birch Beer (either soft drink or ale). I grew up in the Appalachian mountains drinking the Pennsylvania Dutch brand and chewing on the sweet birch's twigs. Would be fun to se your take.
MY HOME TREEEEEEE. I had one of these at home in NJ.
RANDOM OBSERVATION. that black spot on the map pievce is right omy home county. Thank you. 😀
I like how it has a little spot on it 👀🖤
That’s a nice Ash malllot
Texas needs to be mesquite, it’s a huge part of Texas history with its amazing furniture as well as Texas bbq
Are you planning on doing a video detailing how you're actually doing the project? Stenciling the states to match up with each other, mounting to the board, hanging the whole piece, that kind of stuff.
Also, how do you source wood like this? I feel like I can only ever find the same 10 species at my local hardwood place.
An idea for oregon provided you can ethically source the wood would be Filbert trees. I know that they're native and have been used as a food source by indigenous peoples for years
What an interesting piece!
This is high quality content!!
That’s some tough ash wood
Funny when people in movies say “oh my god I’m talking to myself I must be crazy” but irl its really normal to talk to yourself out loud and everyone knows that?
Like it’s just my inner monologue/dialogue but I’m verbalizing it so I can think more clearly and focus on the main thought.
Would love to see Hawaii next, a bit of ancestral pride.
I would love to see box elder used for a state. Its native range is pretty wide, it’s been widely planted as a landscaping tree, and it grows very quickly. But, it’s the weakest, softest, and lightest of the maples. It’s really difficult to actually kill, but when a live tree gets damaged, its wood gets stained beautiful streaks of red. I don’t really know what state. There are four American cities named after it and one of Utah’s counties. It is native to each of those places, but it’s natural range also extends farther to the northeast than any of those places.
Funny you should say it isnt considered in peoples favourites, but my native English Ash (or European, Fraxinus excelsior) is up there as one of my faves, particularly with the Olive Ash variant where it randomly takes on an olive hue
As somebody who lives on the western NY border to PA, I cannot under sell how insane it looks when you look out across the hills and mountains and half the trees on the hill are dead because of those damn bugs.
Maine would be cool to see done with cedar wood. 😊
I can't wait for Oklahoma. You should use Bodark.
Only just discovered Green Ash, there’s a big one on the estate of Andalusia.
This man is extremely underrated ong
It's funny, that knot is kind of close to the tallest mountain in Pennsylvania, Mount Davis (3,213 ft). Yes that's not very tall but much of Pennsylvania sits on the Allegheny Plateau. Locally the area is occasionally called "the big flat". That's because if you were to stand at the top of a ridge, you'd realize the next ridge over is about as high as you are. There really isn't anything more prominent on the horizon. From the air the mountains of Pennsylvania have the most prototypical look of the Appalachian mountains; looking more like green wrinkles than actual ridges and valleys.
Also one of the biggest problems with emerald ash borers is how prevalent ash is on interstate medians. Ash is a hearty wood that can handle the stress from the cars and the extra water from highway runoff. Unfortunately, the wooded medians of the east are as much a highway for the ash borers as they are the cars that zoom past. The bugs will hitch a ride, hop off, find a nice home in the median, reproduce, and their offspring will spread in the new area.
Love it
I'd love to see either black cherry or Spanish oak for Texas
Just like a good map the black circle is essentially where the state capital is.
I’d love to see Puerto Rico included in this version! 🥺🧡
Very cool!
For minnesota, I want a piece of Cedar, preferably red cedar.
Plot twist: a family of green ash borers were hiding in this piece and he has now brought them to destroy every future state in the series
you know more about my state than i do lol, great video
I assume you'll use buckeye for Ohio, as you should! Buckeye wood is gorgeous
Grown in California too I have them in my backyard
My preferred choice of handle material as a farmer is just a piece of galvanized pipe from the scrapyard. Just weld it and send it😂
I hope you consider American Beech as an appropriate wood for West Virginia
I dont mean this in a bad way but these videos come off as 2 videos shoved together. It gives more time for tree facts which are my favorite parts. But i wonder how that effects the youtube algorithm
Hey Justin! I love the content. Just wanted to ask, what do you end up sticking the map up onto? Is it a metal sheet of some sort?
Yeah it's just a piece of sheet metal I spray painted and mounted to the wall! Works so much better than the v1 map which was a bunch of smaller pieces of sheet metal nailed to a piece of plywood and wrapped in fabric lol
I can agree with the ask borer being out of control, I’m from north eastern pa and all but a select few ash trees are dead or dying, and I say this as I hunt and am in the woods a lot, most that are still standing are dead dtanding
I can't think of anything other than the palmetto for SC. Maybe the pecan?
I would say the eastern pine but you did that one for Georgia on your last map.
And dogwood and live oak you did already too.
Can azalea bushes be used for wood?
Florida!
I’m just trying to figure out if you can make Florida out of Sabal Palm 😂 or gumbo limbo?? Or pecky cypress!!
I am loving the longer videos! For Connecticut can you do the tulip tree?
when you do Virginia do redbud because it almost became our state tree almost a tie
but that might be hard to make because of the small size of redbuds
Redbud is ineligible since it was on the last US map, but it’s an interesting tree for sure!
Dat ash tho
Eastern red cedar a.k.a. Virginia juniper would be great for the state of Virginia.
Please do Osage orange for Oklahoma or Texas.
Id love to see Oklahoma, so I can send her birth state. Also koa wood would make a beautiful addition for Hawaii when you get to it. Also special to my family.
That ash tho
Do redwood for Cali.
lost our ash tree to ash borers 😢
"Longform Video App" content!
I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nearly 60% of all the trees planted on the sidewalks are from these species.
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