Yellowish Grained Hardwood

There is little distinction between sapwood and heartwood though the heartwood is darker in colour.

Yellowish grained hardwood.

Browse our timber products place your order for delivery or collection. Shortleaf pine is considered to be in the group of southern yellow pines and shares many characteristics with other species of this group longleaf slash and loblolly pine such as being. Color tends to darken with age. Heartwood color ranges from pale to golden yellow darkening only slightly with age.

Heartwood is a light yellowish to golden brown sometimes with grey to nearly black streaks and veins. It is straight grained with only a slight interlock making it an inexpensive choice when a good looking wood is required. Grain is usually straight though some figured pieces may have wavy or interlocked grain. The grain is straight to slightly irregular and the texture is.

One helpful characteristic that can help separate it from lookalikes such as mulberry or black locust besides being heavier is that osage orange contains a water soluble yellow dye so putting shavings into water will turn the water yellow. This is grown in guyana and is a dense yellow or olive green to brown hardwood used for heavy construction such as bridges marine and freshwater construction. When birch is mentioned as an option for fine furniture in the united states it s typically yellow birch wood sometimes called golden birch being referenced. Sapwood is a pale yellow white.

Sapwood is a pale yellow white. Wood with this darker figuring is referred to as black limba while plain unfigured wood is called white limba. Hard dense and possessing an excellent strength to weight ratio. When worked the wood tends to have a silky surface distinct from its medium to coarse natural texture.

Durability durable price guide low medium available thickness 25 32 38 50 63 75 100mm available width up to 300mm. Generally straight to irregular or interlocked grain with a medium to fairly coarse and uneven texture. Sapwood is a pale greyish to yellowish brown not clearly demarcated from the heartwood. Iroko this is grown in west africa.

A durable medium weight timber with a plain pale yellow to light brown coloured wood sometimes showing a zonal figure originating in the growth rings suggesting plain oak. With over 30 hardwood species timbmet is your number one hardwood timber supplier. Yellow birch wood is light in color and smooth grained not unlike maple wood although birch tends to yellow more visibly over time.