Thread: tree ID help

Some sort of Acacia, but there are many

Looks like Yarran but without some measurements of the leaves (phyllodes) I can't say for sure. Yarran and Myall are prone to weeping resin a lot when cut as in the pic. What did the fresh cut timber smell like???

Agree with Neil and Vern. From the are you cite it could well be Myall.

thanks for the replies , never noticed a smell when i cut it , the sap that ran out is very thick and sticky and deep red, it even bleeds a bit on a rip cut as well as a cross cut

Is it narrow leaf ironbark?? i use to see these trees in Mt Isa out mica creek way will do some research but cant promise anything

Originally Posted by chowcini

Is it narrow leaf ironbark?? i use to see these trees in Mt Isa out mica creek way will do some research but cant promise anything

nope it is not narrow leaf iron bark that is one tree i know a lot about , i have a lot of it on my place and have cut and barked hundreds of those i use them on farm a lot , this tree is only small not even close to iron bark in size and the wood is very different .

How about beefwood, (probably not but)

looks like blackwood to me and the leaves are similar so go with some type of acacia as well

nope i know its not beefwood i have worked with that too. you get lots of chain sharpening practice with beefwwod , or i did anyway.

I have a few photos of Acacia nilotica ( prickly acacia) and the bark, leaves and even the grain in the slabed peace look very familiar ?.. I hope this helps and if not you can always send me a cube of gidgee or hairy oak and i will study them with my tools
regards Chowcini