Thread: Stringy Bark

Stringybark is one of those generic "catch all" names for timber from the eucalypt family. There are quite a few trees around Australia that get named "stringybark"

Here in Central Vic we have the red stringybark (Euc. Macrorhyncha), reasonably common, and yes the bark is very "stringy", I have a fair bit of it in the firewood pile.

There is also the Brown Stringybark (Euc. baxteri)

Stringy Bark
Several species of eucalypt characterised by tough fibrous bark that is shed (or can be peeled off) in a stringy manner. Mature trees are often seen with strings of bark hanging from them........bob

Colour looks good for Yellow Stringybark (Eucalyptus muelleriana) too.

If you can give us a location of where the trees may have come from, I should be able to narrow the field down a bit for you.

Thanks DJ,

Central west NSW. between Dubbo and Narromine.

For that area, these three are the most prominent, Brown Barrel, Cut-tail (Euc. fastigata), Yertchuk, Prickly Stringybark ( Euc. consideniana) and Yellow Stringybark (Euc. muelleriana)

Wood for Brown Barrel is described as Pale, straight grained, open-textured, fairly hard and strong, used for general construction, veneer, packing, etc.

For Prickly, Pale brown, of moderate strength, used for light construction, but not in quantity. Good fuel.

For Yellow Stringy, Pale yellowish-brown, heavy, hard, strong and durable. Good for poles, stumps and heavy construction.

Thanks DJ,

Yellow sounds like the most likely, It was holding up a floor in a V shape to make the grain run to the centre auger. Shed capacity was 3,000 tons and the timber is as straight as the day it was put in.