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=== Wood permeable pavement === '''Wood permeable pavement''' is a natural and sustainable building material. Architects and landscape designers turning towards permeable pavers will find that some types of highly durable hardwoods (e.g. [[black locust]]) are an effective permeable pavers material. Wood paver blocks made of black locust provide a highly permeable, durable surface that will last for decades because of the characteristics of the wood.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oregon State University|url=https://oregonstate.edu/|access-date=2023-01-29|website=Oregon State University|language=en}}</ref> Black locust lumber wood pavers exceed {{convert|10.180|psi|order=flip}} and have a [[Janka hardness]] of {{convert|1,700|lbf|kN|order=flip}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Limestone Paving |url=https://www.pavingslabsuk.co.uk/collections/limestone-paving |access-date=2023-05-17 |language=en-US}}</ref> They are suitable for pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the form of pathways and driveways and are placed upon permeable foundations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=dominus1991|date=2021-02-08|title=Nature in its purity: permeable wood pavers|url=https://www.blacklocustlumber.com/nature-in-its-purity-permeable-wood-pavers/|access-date=2023-01-29|website=Black Locust|language=en-US}}</ref>
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