THIS WAS A CROTCH IN A DOGWOOD AT MY FOLKS HOUSE, KATRINA KILLED IT AND ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF LATER AS IT WAS BEING CUT DOWN I NOTICED THAT IT HAD SPALTED. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WOOD COULD SPALT WHILE STILL STANDING. THIS PIECE WAS 7 FEET UP AND IS ABOUT 10 X 7 X 4.