There are types of wood that have antibacterial properties which make them more rot resistant. New Zealand has Totara trees which are truly beautiful. Over 100

There are types of wood that have antibacterial properties which make them more rot resistant. New Zealand has Totara trees which are truly beautiful. Over 100 year old Totara fence posts are still on various farms and some research group was buying them and extracting something out of it as a trial acne treatment. Plenty of other woods have rot resistant properties too. Puriri comes to mind, it used to be a common house pile, but wow is it horrible to cut. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podocarpus_totara https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podocarpus_totara https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitex_lucens https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitex_lucens