Would a minium stone do that?
I know that in my Natura Redwood base I used to use half slabs (to prevent spawning) for my floors, made from the wood I hollowed out of the tree.
I could instantly transmute redwood half slabs into eucalyptus half slabs by breaking them, and it only took one hit to do so. I'm guessing it's a bug. I use stone half slabs now.