Southern Live Oak wood is hard, heavy, and difficult to work with, but very strong .. in the days of wooden ships, live oaks were the preferred source of the framework timbers of the ship, using the natural trunk and branch angles for their strength .. the frame of USS Constitution was constructed from southern live oak wood harvested from St. Simons Island, Georgia, and the density of the wood grain allowed it to survive cannonade, thus earning it the nickname "Old Ironsides" .. in the film "Master and Commander" the French Frigate "Acheron" that was built with this wood, was based on the real life USS Constituion .. the tree comes with a platform, built in the lower limbs .. there are no poses, so that you can add whatever type of poses that you like .. this tree is huge and will take up your whole room .. use furniture tools to adjust size and location of tree..