The wood is creamy white with a pink tinge and extremely straight grained.
Where to buy sitka spruce lumber.
Picea sitchensis sitka is the queen of the pacific northwest.
We started selling it when enthusiasts of the popular winter sport of ice boating encouraged us to stock sitka spruce to use in building their boats.
Characteristics of sitka spruce origin of wood type usa canada botanical name picea sitchensis specific gravity 0 43 avg.
Sitka spruce has an outstanding stiffness to weight ratio and is available in large vertical grained pieces lending this timber to a wide range of uses like the hand carved bench at our head office made by haida gwaii artisans.
When in the woods a non scientific way to identify a sitka spruce is by grabbing its needles.
Sitka spruce picea sitchensis grows along the coast in a narrow band.
She is a magnificent species that commands respect.
These trees grow up to 70 metres tall and 2 metres in diameter making them the largest of the spruces.
Sitka spruce is a tree growing up to 100m tall it is the largest species of spruce and the fifth largest conifer in the world.
It has origins in alaska.
The wood is light brown on exposure and is stronger than steel for its weight.
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Sitka sounds great for heavy strumming light fingerpicking and everything in between.
Sitka spruce is the world s most popular topwood for a reason.
Sitka spruce is famous for very high strength thanks to its long straight grain and widely used for boatbuilding.
Available online at edensaw woods.
Buy sitka spruce tree picea sitchensis online and receive our free tree warranty and free uk mainland delivery.
Sitka has an ideal strength to weight ratio yielding a strong fundamental high velocity of sound and a pleasing elasticity.
All our fir trees are uk grown at our specialist uk nursery with wholesale rates available.
Weight per bf 2 25 lb bf.
Once stocking the sitka spruce we began selling it to aircraft builders as well.
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The famous airplane made by howard hughes during the second world war the spruce goose is not made of spruce but rather laminated yellow birch plywood.