Black Oak - Casurina pauper
Small tree of the drier inland woodlands, occurs in groves, bark is very rough and dark, tends to have grey/green foliage
Wood - red to tan/brown, finely grained, dense and hard
Clelands Blackbutt - Eucalyptus.clelandii
Medium tree (< 12m) with very dark, rough bark on lower trunk becoming smooth light brown/green Wood - brown and
hard
Cootamundra Wattle - Acacia baileyana
Small tree (< 10m) with smooth grey bark
Wood - cream yellow to tan, hard
Jam - Acacia acuminata
Small tree (< 15m) with thick hard grey bark
Wood - brown to dark brown, dense, very hard wood
Jarrah, Burl & Curly - Eucalyptus.marginata
Large tree (< 40m) with brown fibrous/strong bark
Wood - red to red/brown, hard and durable
Curly Jarrah wood has an undulating grain
Burl is the tree's naturally response to insect attack or infection
Mallee Root - Eucalyptus...
Many, many species restricted to the drier/desert regions of Australia
Root is legumous "burl" or ball at base of trunk, can support numerous stems
Wood - yellow to tan to dark red/brown depending on species, typically highly grained similar to burl, most are very hard timbers due to interlocking
grain, especially when dried
Marri (WA Red Gum) - Eucalyptus.calophylla
Large tree (< 50m) with rough tessellated bark on main branches
Wood - yellow to pale brown, hard, durable, frequently with gum veins, dense @
0.85t/m3
Minnerichie (Tobacco tree) - Acacia
Small tree (< 15m) with fine, flakey bark, curls on shedding, fresh pink/red bark
Wood - dark brown/black with yellow sap wood, very dense
Mulga - Acacia aneura
Small tree (< 10m) with hard fissured grey bark
Wood - dark brown with yellow sap wood, very dense and hard
Native Poplar (Fine Tree) - Codonocarpus cotinifolius
Small tree (< 8m) slender, with smooth grey bark, grows rapidly in disturbed soils and after fires
Wood - pale yellow, fine grained soft wood
Red Capped Mallee (Illyarrie) - Eucalyptus.erythrocorys
Small tree (< 8m) with several trunks, has smooth grey to white bark
Wood - pale yellow, moderately soft
Red Morrell - Eucalyptus.longicornis
Large tree (< 30m) with rough grey bark on trunk and smooth grey/brown bark in higher branches
Wood - red to red/brown, strong, durable, used by wheelwrights
Salmon Gum - Eucalyptus.salmonophloia
Large tree (< 30m) whose fresh bark has smooth salmon pink colour
Wood - pink to red to red/brown; strong, durable and dense @1.07t/m3
Wandoo (White Gum) - Eucalyptus.redunca
Medium tree (< 30m) with smooth white bark
Wood - yellow to light brown with wavy or interlocked grain, very hard, durable and dense @
1.1t/m3
Western Australian Sheoak - Allocasurina fraseriana
Small tree of the jarrah forest understorey, deep green foliage and tends to have a smooth bark
Wood - red to red/brown, beautifully grained, hard and dense @ 0.83t/m3
White Cypress Pine - Callitris columellaris
Medium tree (< 20m) with dark grey rough bark
Wood - soft yellow and finely grained with turpentine odour, dense @
0.69t/m3
York Gum (Yarndee) - Eucalyptus.loxophleba
Medium tree (< 12m) with rough grey/brown bark, becomes smooth grey/red in higher branches
Wood - yellow/brown, hard, tough with interlocking grain - dense @
1.07t/m3
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