What are the botanical dynamics of that wood that make it so unspeakably
incorrigible?

I am not familiar with that specific tree, but in general, the slower growing a
tree is, the denser & harder the wood. The fast growing weed trees, like poplar
and willow, have the weakest wood.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)