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Thread: Wheatbelt Timber ID
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20th January 2021, 12:44 AM #1
Wheatbelt Timber ID
Looking for an ID on this timber, I was told but have forgotten.
It comes from the area around Southern Cross in the wheatbelt WA
Rick
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20th January 2021, 09:54 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Looks like its from the Proteaceae family eg a Grevilea, Hakea etc and there are many. They have many common names too (beefwoods, needlewoods to name some).
I may be able to suggest some from the Kalgoorlie area later when I look at some lists. Its definitely familiar.
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20th January 2021, 10:08 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Some ideas include
Water Tree - Grevillea nematophylla. (this is what it looks like most to me)
Beefwood (pale one) Grevillea sp.
Other vague possibilities include.....
a dryland Banksia species
Emu Tree or Needlebush - Hakea fransisiana, Hakea presissii
Persoonia - P. coriacea
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21st January 2021, 12:05 AM #4
Thanks Euge Here is another photo of another piece, it has more bark and may help
Rick
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21st January 2021, 05:05 PM #5
Looks like a bit of Banksia I pulled from a bits and pieces bin at my local timber seller, maybe not the same species but very similar. It had the same sort of staggered or offset 'dashes' in the grain. Next time I'm down there I'll ask precisely what sort of banksia it is likely to have been.
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22nd January 2021, 10:00 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Have a look in the WA Forest Products Commission site.
Experienced in removing the tree from the furniture
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22nd January 2021, 12:06 PM #8
Thanks for that
I had a look and the closest one is the River Banksia which isn't found in the area. I can assume that it must be a relative.
So Euge's suggestion of the Proteaceae Family looks to be the closest I am going to get at the moment.
I have emailed the place we stayed in Moorine Rock to see if he can remember what it was and will post if I get a positive ID
Rick
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25th January 2021, 05:20 PM #9
I have had a reply from the farmer at the place we stayed and he thinks it is some type of Tea Tree or a type of melaleuca.
After asking Mr Google it does resemble the bark of the Coastal Tea Tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) which was introduced over here.
I have realised I have one of those trees in my yard and the bark looks similar but I have no intention to strip it to see whats underneath
The finished board is being given away to day so I will tell her that it is wheatbelt timber
Might make a few pens from the remainder, the grain looks good for that.
Rick
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25th January 2021, 05:42 PM #10GOLD MEMBER
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Its not a Melaleuca* IMO because NO melaceuca woods have the rays (what you call "grain") that are so obvious on the turned handle.
Its a Proteacea of some sort. Bark may resemble some paperbarks but few occur this inland / dry area.
If you can find someone in the Goldfields Timber Industry Group they will know as they have studied hundreds of Wheatbelt and Goldfields (WA dry woodland) woods (indigenous species).
* Melaleuca are in the Myrtaceae family (same as eucalypts)
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25th January 2021, 05:52 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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Here are link to my best guess ....a Grevilea like these, Have a look at these
Grevillea nematophylla F.Muell. subsp. nematophylla: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia
Grevillea nematophylla F.Muell.: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia
Maybe the flowers reminded farmer of bottlebrushes flowers? (bottlebriush trees are Melaleuca or Callistemon)
Euge
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