Thread: Yellow stringybark and southern mahogany

Yellow stringy is one of the "Tassi Oak" species

From my research tassie oak is alpine ash (E delegatensis), mountain ash (E regnans) and messmate stringybark (E obliqua)

yellow stringybark is different - Eucalyptus muelleriana

Originally Posted by qwertyu

From my research tassie oak is alpine ash (E delegatensis), mountain ash (E regnans) and messmate stringybark (E obliqua)

yellow stringybark is different - Eucalyptus muelleriana

You are right, just I have heard E obliqua as Messmate/Brown Top/and Yellow, and looking for an easy solution . If you are after E muelieriana specifically then try some of the old timber mills, they should have some rough sawn boards, but I'm sorry I don't know suppliers down your way.

It’s grown in Gippsland as a plantation hardwood
l may be able to provide the name of a forester there who may be able to help you get some in milled form.
its a moderately durable hardwood so better than ashes & messmate, PM me if still interested
referring to yellow stringy only. Botryoides I don’t think is milled or grown for its wood.

Thanks guys. Im not actually after it, just asking out of curiosity. I noticed that you can get yellow stringybark decking at bowens and outlast timber, and outlast timber also has soutern mahogony decking. Just curious why it would exist in decking fairly readily but not rough sawn/dressed boards for wood working

https://outlast.com.au/

Because woodworkers, and even woodworkers + cabinet makers - is such a small market that no-one really bothers. Also there is a higher profit margin in supplying them with imported timber then locally sourced stuff.