On a tree, though, cells within a burl generally just keep dividing with no obvious purpose or benefit to the tree. Beauty within Benefit to us humans is another story, though.

It’s a Burl' transforms naturally formed burl wood into artistic furniture, wall hangings and even treehouses.

Burl wood has been on many wish lists for a few years now, and with good reason. This material is produced when the tree is stressed, making it produce swirls and knots on its branches and trunks ...

Sometime in the past week or so, a tree on the Eagle Trail in Takena Landing Park was robbed of four burls — somewhat rounded outgrowths of tissue on trunks and branches — estimated to be ...

Burl wood is certainly nothing new, but it has continually defined eras of design innovation. “Its use in interiors goes as far back as the 18th century,” says designer Elizabeth Miles of ...

Wendell Wood, a biologist for Oregon Wild, said he found the vandalized tree near the well-known Oregon Redwoods Trail on a rarely-used spur off Peavine Ridge Road.

What makes a burl That said, burls might — just might — indicate that the tree has been under stress. All sorts of things have been implicated as the cause of burls.