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Increment Borer as a Gift

Hi all,

My best friend is an environmental researcher and she talks about how she badly wants an increment borer but cannot find one for an affordable price. After some digging, I found one for a price I can afford.

Are there lots of legal issues that can/will arise from this? I'm not saying we will go sample a bunch of tree from a NP, but like is there a place that says where we can do this?

How often do you have to sharpen it? I know that this part is inevitable, but I don't want to give her a gift that has a second financial burden. At least not one that is immediate and often.

Edit:
Also, out of curiosity, is there a way to display the cores or like how do you keep them? Can you keep them?

Thanks for any help!

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u/Any_Ruin9620 — 6 days ago
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Pine Identification - Mt. Tallac summit trail, South Lake Tahoe, CA

I did the Mt. Tallac summit trail earlier this month and as I approached the scree field leading to the summit just after the technical end of treelike I saw THIS. I tried to reach out to the silviculturist at Lake Tahoe Basin Mgmt Unit for an ID and have been lurking the gymnosperm database but cannot get an ID because I didn't get a great close up of the branches. Seems like it could be a Foxtail pine? The nearest branches were still 15' overhead! Does anyone know what type of pine this is or if it's a Juniper? ( for spatial reference I am just over 5' tall ) Most photos here are looking southeast or north. The summit is visible right behind the tree (though not in these photos) and so it's dramatically by itself in open country with no other trees near it except what you see about 50ish feet downslope.

https://preview.redd.it/8to0qdmmz4ah1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67f7a2e7c65b5304130850a93c2b6655fd890d56

https://preview.redd.it/7u2lkdmmz4ah1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96e65d00fff832cd0e8fd22d1b6c0ea771596099

https://preview.redd.it/woi9jdmmz4ah1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8baf0fb41adbebad8f4cfca2a73dbbb9ae08f390

https://preview.redd.it/m87vgdmmz4ah1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e120288e07fd541ed863e5441566c5bfb638005

u/Primary-Arugula7981 — 7 days ago
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What's this species and genus?

In north Arkansas. Has a hollow stem! Around 6 feet tall. Has slightly rough hairs on the top of leaves. Still hairy but less on the bottom--Barely noticeable

u/WeakEntertainer1019 — 11 days ago
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Anyone know what this tree/shrub is?

Located in northwest Arkansas. If you look at all the picture you'll see these weird berry/seed pod things. Hopefully it's an identifying feature. Genus and species would be great!!

u/WeakEntertainer1019 — 13 days ago
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What is this tree

Anyone got an idea of what the is tree is. I'm located in northwest Arkansas right outside of the ozarks!

u/WeakEntertainer1019 — 13 days ago