Decomposers cause wood to rot.
Wood can be treated with various preservatives to prevent rot and infestation.
The main cause of wood dry rotting is a brown rot fungi called Serpula lacrymans. These spores get onto wood and slowly eat away at the wood, causing it to slowly rot out.
There is no specific time line. It is dependant on the wood and how much oil/resin it has in it, if the wood is a hard of soft wood, what the environmental condition the wood is in. But to give a very basic idea soft wood will start to rot in the outside normal environment where you have rain, cold dry spells across a year in about 6 months hard wood will go substantially longer
Wood worm, wood rot and splinters.
Dry Rot
Burn, Rot,
Although all wood will rot in due time but pine and oak will last longer
Petrified wood (already turned to stone) cannot rot. All other woods CAN rot, but treated lumber, cedar, and locust will resist rotting a long time.
The disadvantages of Ash wood is that it is not as rot proof or water resistant as other hard woods. If it is left untreated, it will rot quickly.
It is very possible for them to rot. There are products you can coat wood in to prevent rotting.
no, wood rots in nature from various fungis