Possible Clues:

• Charcoal wood
• Man removed from civic dignitary's tree
• A tree man added as a city feature
• An older tree? No,no!
• Tree which, placed before man, becomes official
• Its bark is used in dyes and tanning
• The tree that gets a man on the council
• Tree more stark with top removed
• Not starting to be less hairy tree!
• Pacific Coast hardwood