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8th November 2021, 05:14 PM #1New Member
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Timber ID
After a recent storm in Melbourne, it looks like a tree has snapped and someone has had a go at chopping it up with a chainsaw. I have salvaged some nice logs, however I do not know what type of tree it is. I am fascinated as when it is cut is is white with pink 'veins' running through it and after some time after cutting, the white turns yellow. It is only a week or so since the storm so its still quite green (wet). Can someone please advise what it is that I have found?
I have started to turn the branch and removed the bark, so you can see what I call 'pink veins' and I also have included the stump I salvaged with a piece of pine for colour contrast. Just directly under the bark, it is a very strong pink, almost purple. I would appreciate some guidance on what it is as it doesn't look like they have finished chopping down the remaining 2-4 metres of remaining trunk.
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8th November 2021, 05:26 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Southern Silky Oak perhaps
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8th November 2021, 05:38 PM #3New Member
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There were some pine like needles on a twig stuck to one of the branches. My wife looked it up and it looks like its a Sheoak.
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8th November 2021, 06:25 PM #4
Yes, your wife is spot-on, it's a casuarina for sure. If you manage to get it dry in the round like that without it splitting badly you'll be very lucky. Few woods will remain intact if left in the round, and casuarinas are about the splittiest woods on the planet, so don't be too surprised if it starts cracking up within days......
This is what billets of forest she-oak (Allocasuarina torulosa) look like after about 2 days in the North Qld sun: Radial splits1.jpg
Cheers,IW
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9th November 2021, 11:01 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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+1 for Casuarina.
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9th November 2021, 11:19 AM #6
Sheoak, not sure of which one
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11th November 2021, 01:15 PM #7
Looks like the forest she oak that I had to remove a couple of months ago that got into my septic trench.
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