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Hardwood and Softwood

VESSEL

FIBRE

RAY CELLS

LATEWOOD TRACHEIDS

EARLYWOOD TRACHEIDS

RAY CELLS

refers to the water-conducting cells in a living tree from which timber comes, and not the hardness or softness of the wood itself. You can see the differences between the cells when you look at wood samples though a microscope.

Blackbutt - Eucalyptus pilularis

Blackbutt is a

hardwood

WOOD CHARACTERISTICS

HEARTWOOD:

Pale brown with a faint tinge

of pinkSAPWOOD:Distinctively paler than the heartwood

TEXTURE:Medium and even

GRAIN:Usually straight but occasionally

slightly interlocked

Gum veins are common

firewood

RESIDUE

Blackbutt - Eucalyptus pilularis

Different sections of the Blackbutt tree are used to make different products

paper products, hardwood/masonite

PULPWOOD

fencing, landscaping, pallets, railway sleepers

LOW QUALITY SAWLOG

veneer, flooring, wharf piers, structural beams, house framing, flooring, joinery, telegraph poles

HIGH QUALITY SAWLOG

Trees to timber

Blackbutt - Eucalyptus pilularis

Applications

Wharf & bridge construction,

railway sleepers, poles, piles.

ENGINEERING

OTHERS

Boat building, agricultural machinery,

structural plywood, hardboard, making paper (particularly

fine writing and printing paper).

CONSTRUCTION

Internal quality furniture, outdoor furniture, turnery,

parquetry.

DECORATIVE

Seasoned used for dressed

cladding, internal and external

flooring, lining and joinery.

Also in fencing,

landscaping & retaining

walls.

Unseasoned used in general house framing,

fascia and barge boards

Radiata Pine - Pinus radiata

It grows up to 10 times faster than most eucalypts.

Radiata pine is themost widely grown exotic species in the world.

Radiata Pine - Pinus radiata

In NSW, radiata pine is grown in plantations around Bathurst, the snowy mountains and the southern highlands.

Forests NSW is the largest producer of plantation grown radiata pine in Australia, selling enough timber to construct about 25% of the houses built in Australia each year.

Radiata Pine - Pinus radiata

Radiatapine is a

softwood

WOOD CHARACTERISTICS

HEARTWOOD:

Reddish brown, varying to shades

of yellowSAPWOOD:Wide and not always clearly

distinguishable visually

TEXTURE:Relatively fine but uneven

Distinct growth rings

Knots are usually present in

construction timber grades

Feature grade joinery and furniture, bearers, joists, select flooring veneer, benchtops

firewood

RESIDUE

Radiata Pine - Pinus radiata

Which parts of the Radiata pine tree are used to make the different products?

Reconstituted timbers, paper products and preserved timbers

PULPWOOD

House framing, decking, panelling, fencing, landscaping, flooring, joinery and furniture

LOW QUALITY SAWLOG

Trees to timber

HIGH QUALITY SAWLOG

Radiata Pine - Pinus radiata

Applications

OTHERS

Structural plywood, scaffold planks, icecream

sticks, paper products, particleboard, and

medium density fibreboard.

CONSTRUCTION

Furniture, outdoor furnishings,

plywood, joinery, turnery, carving.

DECORATIVE

When impregnated

with preservative it may be used for fencing, pergolas, landscaping and

domestic decking.

House framing, flooring,

lining, joinery, mouldings,

and laminated beams. Preservative

impregnated poles for pole frame construction,

transmission poles and land poles.

ENGINEERING

Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store the carbon so efficiently that about half the dry weight of a tree is carbon.

The carbon remains locked up for the life of the wood,

even when it is used for building products or furniture.

Wood is a natural, renewable material that can help tackle

climate change.

Why use wood?

Forest management in NSW State forests is certified to the internationally recognised Australian forestry standard.

2011 is the International Year of Forests. Celebrate NSW State

forests and all they offer.

Visit us atwww.industry.nsw.gov.au/forests