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| [[Image:4chisland.jpg|thumb|A map of the 4chan archipelago. Each pixel is 1.5km^2]] | | #REDIRECT [[Setting:4chan_Archipelago]] |
| A series of threads outlining a hypothetical situation in which anyone who has posted on 4chan in the last two weeks is teleported to a desert island (corresponding to their most frequented board) with any equipment they can grab in ten minutes.
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| ==The OP==
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| Everyone on earth is killed except for the people who have been on 4chan in the last 2 weeks.
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| You are given the choice to go or kill yourself. In 10 minutes you are teleported to a subtropical island populated by the other people of the board you frequent most often. The objects you are allowed to take are what you are wearing and holding, your weight is the maximum you can carry.
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| Other 4channers are alive and on different places of the archipelago.
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| The atmosphere is pristine and no resources have been depleted. The flora and fauna are Earthlike, with the exception that major extinctions have not happened and that no plants or animals are domesticated. Raptors inhabit all of the islands.
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| Moot is dead, and we don't have means of communicating with other islands, with the exception of enough premade boat on each island to comfortably carry 1% of the population.
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| ==The <del>RP</del> Quest thread==
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| None of you faggots responded at all, so its pretty clear no one cares about this shit really.
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| *Either that or this setting would not work as a quest thread. A Wurm Online mod would be ideal.
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| ==The Channel==
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| Due to increasing animosity on /tg/, a channel has been created at suptg. #4chan_Archipelago, for all-purpose discussion.
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| ==Archipelago Features==
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| ===Solar panel caches===
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| Suggested, but deemed unnecessary, Entirely useful and a possibility, but all we really need to make electricity is a magnet and some copper wire, I have both sitting in my house. not exactly a thousand jigawatts, but pretty damn easily make on our own,
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| ===Disease and aging===
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| Its been suggested so far that people who have diseases and conditions will be more or less miraculously cured upon entry, and traps and /t/rans/g/endereds will receive free sex changes to curb the unreasonably large Male:female ratio, nothing has been said on aging so far
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| ===Boats===
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| Each island has a very small cache of boats. These are the only way to get to the islands of other boards, as they are too far to reasonably swim. Islands in the sub-archipelagos associated with single boards are not generally outside of swimming range for particularly fit individuals.
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| ===Size of the archipelago===
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| The original proposed size was 10,000 square kilometers (for the entire map, seaspace included), but that is clearly too small to support the kind of population that these islands would have. A more recent proposed figure was 9,437,184km^2, which is more reasonable. This puts /tg/ at approximately 47,000 km^2.
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| This also puts the world at a considerably smaller size than earth (about 200 times smaller) how/if this affects gravity or if there is more uncovered map/ridiculously large amounts of water have not been explored.
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| ==Major Fauna of the Island ==
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| '''The threat system:'''
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| A handy thing created by a local anon. This system gives us a relative idea of how dangerous something is when encountered in a hostile context or in general depending on the species the difference is almost none at times.
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| 1- Nonthreanting most often either a fish or trilobite that is not very large or a small herbivore like a rabbit
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| 2- Might leave you scratched up if you really tick it off. A small wombat for instance. Just whack it over the head till it stops.
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| 3- Can give you a nasty gash or bite. A fulll grown wombat or a small placoderm that thought you might be a tasty treat. The best method is to dispatch with a large heavy object.
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| 4- careful not to get to dinged up. You might have a nasty gash or a broken bone if you are stupid about things. A young moa thats startled or very large wombat you tried to get to close to.
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| 5- A possible threat if riled. The best example being the lovable Moa.
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| 6- A fight one on one. If you are not caught by surprise you should be able to take the beast. A solitary raptor or a small terror bird.
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| 7- Something surely scary to the individual but not a major threat to a well prepared group. Velociraptors often fall into this range.Travel in groups and carry realiable weapons.
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| 8- A creature that is hard to kill but often single and can be driven off. A Haast's eagle that's mistaken you for a moa or a deinonychus in the open. Be ready for a hard fight but don't give up.
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| 9- A lethal threat. hard to fight and often an ambush predator. The largest of sea scorpions and the dreaded pouch lion claim this rank. Its a challenage but a little temawork and the proper tools will prove to save the day.
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| 10- the best thing to do is just steer clear. This is a beast not to be trifled with. These are animals in the order of Dunkleosteus. Something that even a good sturdy rifle would not pose a real threat to.
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| ===Velociraptor(7)===
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| Small, cunning and feathered. These normally desert dwelling pack hunters roam the highlands in search of easy prey. These nasty little buggers will chase down quarry over the span of days and will often ambush animals that are larger than themselves. Their territory is often a radial area around the primary nesting sight a series of small scraped out areas that would unassuming to the naked eye. A typical 'raptor is not much bigger than a turkey.
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| ===Deinonychus(8)===
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| The much larger cousin to the Velociraptor these sleek killing machines roam the swamps in either small packs of two or three or as a solitary hunter. Eight to nine feet in length these stelathy hunters will stalk prey much like a tiger an wait till the right moment to strike. When they do they make it known with a flurry of screeches and flailing claws. Deinonychus is naturally found in the low swampy areas of the island and will not attack large groups that they percieve as obvious threats.
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| ===Haast's eagles(8)===
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| If you think the raptors were bad you have yet to encounter one of the native birds. Soaring across the island are massive eagles from a bygone era. Their diet normally is comprised of Moa and other large flightless birds, but people are not off the menu. With a wingspan of up to nine feet in width these great hunters soar overhead with surprising grace. Their preferred method of attack is to dive from the sky dropping down onto their prey with claws outstretched. Tackling their victims they will quickly tear apart the throat of a vital area causing the victim to die from bloodloss. Needless to say watch the skies.
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| ===Moa(5)===
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| Some of the largest herbivores on the Island, the Moa roam amongst the low-lying coastal forests and rocky foothills. They are challenged only by the might of the Haasts eagles that soar overhead. These ten foot tall ground birds are reasonably docile and roam in small herds or as solitary animals. They nest amongst rocky areas that have large quantities of pumice which they hollow out to form nesting sites. Not the brightest among birds, they are herbivorous, and so long as not overtly threatened will pose no major threat. Should you do so however be ready for a kick that will make a horse's seem like a love-tap. There have been talks of domesticating these large birds, it shouuld be noted that unlike many animals we have tried to do thios to they are not naturally large flock animals, instead they travel in small groups of two or three.
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| ===Trilobites(1)===
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| A general lumping of multiple species that all come from the same evolutionary lines. Trilobites come in a variety of sizes all which are armored and segmented. The little buggers have proven to be an excellent food source for anyone on the coast and might serve as the basis for future fisheries.As it stands trilobites are steadily becoming the basal species of many aqautic and shoreline ecologies. Filling in nihes that many bottom feeders did on our old world. Many species also have a limited mobility on land and it is beleived that some actually breed in tidal pools found along the shoreline. They thankfully pose little to no threat.
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| ===Sea Scorpions(varies)===
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| Swimming amongst the waters are some of the most fearsome insects to ever have lived. Once again a general term for a collection of species, the sea scorpions range from anywhere in length to a few mere inches(a tasty treat actually) to something over eight feet in length. There has been unconfirmed reports of some species being able to crawl up onto the shore...The best method of dispatching these beasts is the use of a heavy object to smash the hard exoskeleton. It hase been nopted that in fact there are two large varities, neither pleasent. One large ocean going variety and a slightly smaller freshwater variety. they both share the vicous temperment asscociated with their genera and should be considered a major threat if encountered.
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| ===Dunkleosteus(10)===
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| One of the most dreaded predators of the island a beast that prowls along the coastlines and deep bays and inlets This monstrous fish can reach up to thirty-three feet in length. A true hyper predator, this monster will hunt anything, including boats and the people aboard them. Noted for its massive armored face and jaws this beast is one of the new leviathans of the waters of the world. Currently, there is no reasonable way to kill these creatures. Your safest bet is too simply run.
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| ===Wombat(2)===
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| One of the most unexpected sights was the wombat. These little guys roam across the island foraging and avoiding predators. Proven to be a surivivor these little guys might someday be tamed for pets or for food stock till then. Well we have wombats. Eat up.
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| ===Thylacoleo(8)===
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| The thylacleo or pouch lion is a brute found hunting the lowlands. Almost as large as a lion, the creature has a retractable thumb claw, clawed paws and semi-opposable thumbs. Its tail is able to be leaned on much like a kangaroo and it is known to climb trees taking its prey with it. An elusive hunter be wary when in forested areas for it low growling calls and vicious temper. Be ready for an ambush if you spot any of the tell tale signs of thylacoleo. Long series of deep gashes along tree trunks where it may have recently climbed into, droppings containing bone gragments and half eaten corpses hanging from trees are the most obvious signs.
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| ===Kelenken guillermoi(8)===
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| Perhaps the largest flightless bird to ever walk the planet, Kelenken are a genus of family Phorusrhacidae. Standing at about 3.2 meters, or 10 feet, tall, it dwarfs even the tallest person when standing erect. It's beak was in the area of 18 inches long, and its slender, 28 inch skull would be perfectly capable of swallowing a medium sized dog whole. Its beak is curved at the end and Kelenken is perfectly capable of using its strong neck muscles to punch its beak like a sledgehammer. Perhaps most terrifying aspect is the speeds that this beast is (probably, they are extinct so we can't be sure) capable of achieving: land speed in excess of 30 miles per hour. It is also important to remember the large, clawed feet of the bird, easily capable of trampling almost anything that gets underfoot, though this is likely not a usual tactic.The Kelenken is an Apex Predator, and typically the top of the food chain in its given habitat., capable of taking on multiple raptors or even a deinonychus. It's main sources of food are Moa, which it can effortlessly outrun, and any large plains- or steppe-dwelling herbivores. Kelenken's main habitat are large, open plains where it can make the most of it's high endurance and speed. Kelenkens are natives to /k/ island.
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| ===Andalgalornis steulleti(7)===
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| Reaching heights of 5.2 feet is Andalgalornis steulleti, another genus of family Phorusrhacidae. While far smaller than the Kelenken, it is still capable of crushing bones in it's large beak. The Andalgalornis's beak is in fact the largest in proportion to the rest of the body compared to the rest of phorusrhacids. Capable of reaching speeds even faster than it's larger cousins, the Andalgalornis is also more nimble and agile. Andalgalornis may have hunted in packs of two or three, it's hunting habits similar to that of the Kelenken. Due to pack tactics, Andalgalornis could take out larger foes than their size would indicate, and common targets are single Moa or other herd beasts. Their habitat is large, open plains.
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| == Major Flora(edible and otherwise) of the island ==
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| ===Cabbage Palm, Swamp Cabbage Palm -- Sabal Palmetto('''edible''')===
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| A tree up to 60 ft. tall, with long spreading leaves to 9 ft. long. Yellow-white flowers in many branched clusters; fragrant. Fruit 1/4" wide. Many of these trees are found in lightly wooded swampy areas. Radical, improper pruning weakens the root system, promoting disease. Usable for a honey plant, Leaf material for weaving and thatch and the heart can be cut out and eaten though, this will kill the tree.
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| ===Sea Grape, Hopwood, Horsewood -- Cocoloba Uvifera('''multi-use''')===
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| A tree up to 40 ft., but generally small tree or large shrub. Leaves are thick and heart-shaped from 3 to 10 inches. New foliage is smooth and brown or bronze in color. Flowers grow in clusters. Fruit resembles grapes and are dark red or purple and ripen throughout the summer. Found amongst sandy dunes and coastal areas. the most common uses are;Food and the wood can be used for carving.The most common way to eat seagrapes is as like all other grapes. Rinse and pop in your mouth.
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| ===Red Mulberry -- Morus rubra ('''edible''')===
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| Tree up to 30 or 50 ft., dense, bushy, with drooping branches, milky sap. Deciduous leaves, ovate with pointed tips. Flowers "minute in spikes, male spikes 2 to 3 inch. Fruit in oblong clusters 1 to 2 inched long. Dark purple and very juicy when ripe. Fruit ready in late spring through fall. Found amongst the lowlands in sandy area. The best way to eat mulberries is fresh from the tree when fully ripe, but many enjoy mulberry wine, jam or pies.
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| ===Blackberry, Dewberry -- Rubus flagellaris('''edible''')===
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| Bramble- among the many varieties of blackberry, some are ground creepers, although most grow upright, then arch downward. The Leaves have three or five leaflets. The stems have thorns. The Blooms are white with five petals and the fruit is black, with many juicy lobes, which grow in clusters. Mid to late summer is the harvest time. Found most often in small clearings and open hedge rows. The Berries are a delicious treat and also a great way to bait certain wild animals.
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| ===Purslane -- Portulaca oleracea('''edible''')===
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| Ground cover -this colorful, flowering succulent has stems 3 to 6 inches long and is often found in Flowering areas. The bright yellow or orange flowers are small with 5 petals. The fruit is a round capsule with many small black seeds. Do not eat the fruit. Instead eat the leaves raw or steamed. They are purported to taste like green beans
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| ===Live Oak('''multiuse''') ===
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| A common site on the island Live oaks are notable for their large curving branches,deep furrowed bark and Numerous acorns. Their leaves are long and oval shaped as well as moderately thick as far as leafs go. The long branches can be trimmed easily to shape the trees growth and also can be used for curved lumber sections or firewood. The acorns off the tree are a pirzed commodity due to the presence of tannin and also for a food stuff in the form of flour and mash. Needless to say this tree may very well prove to be the backbone of a new civilization.
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| ===Papaya('''multiuse''')===
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| A large psudeo tree the papaya grows up to around five or ten meters in height with a spiral leaf pattern(each leaf consisting of seven lobes and a palmate shape). the leaves only grow upon the crown of the plant and tht bark is heavily scarred from previous growth cycles.The flowers are similar in shape to the flowers of the Plumeria but are much smaller and wax like. They appear on the axils of the leaves, maturing into the large 15-45 cm long, 10-30 cm diameter fruit. The fruit is ripe when it feels soft (like a ripe avocado or a bit softer) and its skin has attained an amber to orange hue. The fruit's taste is vaguely similar to pineapple and peach, although much milder without the tartness.This tree is once more a precious multi use plant. The high pectin levels allow for it to be turned into jelly and preseves and if treated properly it acn be used to create a potent topical jell that can be used on burns and cuts. the seeds are edible and can be used for spices and the young leaves are useful as a green source. It should aslo be noted that large quantities of unripe papaya might lead to issues with conception in men and women.It should also be noted that the bark is handy for rope production.
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| ===Nippa Palm('''multiuse''')===
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| The Nipa palm has a horizontal trunk that grows beneath the ground and only the leaves and flower stalk grow upwards above the surface. Thus, it is an unusual tree, and the leaves can extend up to 9 m (30 ft) in height. The flowers are a globular inflorescence of female flowers at the tip with catkin-like red or yellow male flowers on the lower branches. The flower yields a woody nut, these arranged in a cluster compressed into a ball up to 25 cm (10 in) across on a single stalk. The ripe nuts separate from the ball and are floated away on the tide, occasionally germinating while still water-borne. Nipa palms grow in soft mud and slow moving tidal and river waters that bring in nutrients. The palm can be found as far inland as the tide can deposit the floating nuts. It is common on coasts and rivers. It's uses are extremely munerous, the leaves are a proven thatch material being easily woven together, The flower cluster (inflorescence) can be tapped before it blooms to yield a sweet, edible sap collected to produce a local alcoholic beverage called Tuba. If stored in the proper vessel this alcohol can be used to create vinnegar a most useful compound. Young shoots are also edible and the flower petals can be infused to make an aromatic tisane. Attap chee ("chee" meaning "seed" in several Chinese dialects) is a name for the immature fruits -- sweet, translucent, gelatinous balls used as a dessert ingredient. The young leaves are used to wrap tobacco for smoking. Large stems are used to train swimming thanks to their boyant nature. And finally Nipah has a very high sugar-rich sap yield. Fermented into ethanol.
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| ===Chir Pine('''multiuse''')===
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| It is a large tree, reaching 30-50 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 2 m, exceptionally 3 m. The bark is red-brown, thick and deeply fissured at the base of the trunk, thinner and flaky in the upper crown. The leaves are needle-like, in fascicles of three, very slender, 20-35 cm long, and distinctly yellowish green. The cones are ovoid conic, 12-24 cm long and 5-8 cm broad at the base when closed, green at first, ripening glossy chestnut-brown when 24 months old. They open slowly over the next year or so, or after being heated by a forest fire, to release the seeds, opening to 9-18 cm broad. The seeds are 8-9 mm long, with a 40 mm wing, and are wind-dispersed
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| Uses: tapped for resin. On distillation, the resin yieds an essential oil, commonly known as turpentine, and non-volatile rosin. The proportion of rosin and turpentine oil in Chir Pine is 75% and 22% respectively with 3% losses, etc. bark can be broken off and carved or for use in blacksmith furnaces when fully matured. Dead tree timber never gets waterlogged due to resin crystalisation and burns for long periods of time. Timber is not suitable for building materiel.
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| ===Slash Pine('''Timber''')===
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| This tree reaches heights of 18–30 m (59–98 ft) with a trunk diameter of 0.6–0.8 m (2.0–2.6 ft). The leaves are needle-like, very slender, in clusters of two or three, and are 18–24 cm (7.1–9.4 in) long. The cones are glossy red-brown, 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) in length with a short (2–3 mm/0.079–0.12 in), thick prickle on each scale. It is known for its conical shape.
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| ===Chinese swamp Cypress('''Timber''')===
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| It is a medium-sized to large tree, reaching 30 m (98 ft) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m (3.3 ft), possibly more. The leaves are deciduous, spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie in two horizontal ranks, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) broad, but 2–3 mm (0.079–0.12 in) long and scale-like on shoots in the upper crown. The cones are green maturing yellow-brown, pear-shaped, 2–3 cm (0.79–1.2 in) long and 1–1.5 cm (0.39–0.59 in) diameter, broadest near the apex. They open when mature to release the small, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long, winged seeds.
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| ===Black Tupelo('''multiuse''')===
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| The leaf of Black Tupelo is variable in size and shape. It can be oval, elliptical or obovate, and 5-12 cm (2-5 in) long. It is lustrous, with entire, often wavy margins. The leaf turns purple in autumn, eventually becoming an intense bright scarlet. The flower is very small, greenish-white in clusters at the top of a long stalk. The fruit is a black-blue, ovoid stone fruit, about 10 mm long with a thin, oily, bitter-to-sour flesh. There are from one to three such fruit together on a long slender stalk. The bark is dark grey and flaky when young, but it becomes furrowed with age, resembling alligator hide on very old stems. The twigs of this tree are reddish-brown, usually hidden by a greyish skin. The pith is chambered with greenish partitions. The branches typically stand at right angles to the trunk.
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| Uses: The wood is hard, cross-grained, and difficult to split, especially after drying. It is used for pallets, rough floors, pulpwood and firewood
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| ===Smooth tree ferns('''timber''')===
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| reported to reach 20 m or more in height. The broad, lance shaped, bipinnate-pinnatifid to tripinnate fronds can reach 5 m in length. Stipe is long and has a line of white, stitch like dashes along its length. Rachis and stipe are covered in white-brown and darker orange-brown scales. The trunk can become smooth with age and may display oval scars left from fallen fronds.
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| ===Tamarack Larch('''multiuse''')===
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| It is a small to medium-size deciduous coniferous tree reaching 10-20 m tall, with a trunk up to 60 cm diameter. The bark is tight and flaky, brown, but under flaking bark it can appear reddish. The leaves are needle-like, 2-3 cm long, light blue-green, turning bright yellow before they fall in autumn, leaving the pale pinkish-brown shoots bare until the next spring. The needles are produced spirally on long shoots and in dense clusters on short woody spur shoots. The cones are the smallest of any larch, only 1-2.3 cm long, with 12-25 seed scales; they are bright red, turning brown and opening to release the seeds when mature, 4–6 months after pollination.
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| Uses: the wood is tough and durable, but also flexible in thin strips, and can be used e for making products where toughness was required. The natural crooks located in the stumps and roots are also preferred for creating knees in wooden boats.
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| ==Threads==
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| http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/6209527/
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| http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/6210654/
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| http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/6213497/
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| http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3393673/
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| http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3396708/
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| http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/6218714/
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| ==Gallery==
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