Fatwood
Basics
- A Plant Resin Rich Wood
- Typically derived from Heartwood and Stumps of the appropriate species of tree
- Mainly Resinous Pine Trees such as the Pinus palustris (Longleaf Pine)
- Valuable as either Kindling (A sort of natural Firestarter fuel ) for starting fires, or as a feedstock in a Plant Resin / Tar / Turpentine etc Biorefinery workflow
Internal Links
External Links
- The Wikipedia Page on Fatwood
- An Instructable by "MMForge" Titled "Finding Fatwood" (Details finding dead pine trees and extracting fatwood from the Tree Knots + Tree Stumps ]