Here is a yellow birch root staff, one of my favorite species. It stands 71-1/4" tall and weighs 3#12ozs. The shaft on this one measures between 1-1/2" and 2" in diameter and the roots barely fit in the 8" square box that it ships in. This one has a cool curved root as well as two conjoined adjacent roots. It is a raw material that was harvested and the bark was stripped with a drawknife which leaves flats and streaks of cambium behind. (ufws393)