Timber species from the South West of Western Australia JARRAH Eucalyptus marginata KARRI Eucalyptus diversicolor Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Heartwood of mature trees is dark-red, Green 1,170 kg/m3 Joinery, furniture, panelling, flooring, decking and wood Heartwood is pale pink to reddish brown Green 1,200 kg/m3 Flooring, decking, panelling, general construction, although regrowth is pinkish-red, while Air-dry 820 kg/m3 turning. The timber is also used for general construction, although varies depending on the age of the Air-dry 900 kg/m3 shipbuilding, sleepers, guides or side beams in mines, sapwood is pale yellow. Basic 670 kg/m3 sleepers, poles and piles. tree. The sapwood is white and usually easy Basic 690 kg/m3 structural plywood, roofing timbers and pulp and paper. to distinguish. MARRI Corymbia calophylla WA SHEOAK Allocasuarina fraseriana Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Heartwood is pale yellow to light brown to Green 1,200 kg/m3 Furniture, flooring, general construction, tool handles, Heartwood is dark-red to brown and Green 1,000 kg/m3 Furniture (both indoor and outdoor), decorative reddish brown, with sapwood bands up to Air-dry 850 kg/m3 sporting goods and oars. the sapwood pale yellow. The texture is Air-dry 720 kg/m3 woodwork, roofing shingles, flooring, panelling, wood 40 mm wide, usually sufficiently paler to be Basic 650 kg/m3 moderately fine and even, and the medullary Basic 620 kg/m3 turning and carving. distinguishable from the heartwood. rays are prominent. WA BLACKBUTT Eucalyptus patens WANDOO Eucalyptus wandoo Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Heartwood is pale yellowish-brown, Green 1,120 kg/m3 Flooring, furniture, general construction, sleepers, panelling Heartwood is yellow to light reddish Green 1,280 kg/m3 Heavy and light construction, poles, sleepers, and and the sapwood is sufficiently paler Air-dry 850 kg/m3 and wood turning. brown with a very narrow band of sapwood. Air-dry 1,100 kg/m3 flooring. The bark and wood has a high tannin content to be distinguishable. Basic 680 kg/m3 Basic 920 kg/m3 which can be used for tanning leather and the manufacturing of adhesives. BROWN MALLETT Eucalyptus astringens WA PEPPERMINT Agonis flexuosa Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Heartwood is light red-brown to dark Green 1,120 kg/m3 Flooring, general construction (particularly on farms), tool Wood description: Wood density: Uses: grey-brown, with reddish streaks, Air-dry 980 kg/m3 handles, mining timbers and fuel. The bark has a high tannin Heartwood is light brown with some Green 1,100 kg/m3 Craftwood, wood turning and general purposes. and the sapwood is up to 30 mm wide Basic 770 kg/m3 content which can be used for tanning leather and the streaking of darker brown and the Air-dry 875 kg/m3 WA peppermint is also a common street tree in and distinctly paler. manufacturing of adhesives. sapwood paler. Basic 770 kg/m3 suburban areas. TUART Eucalyptus gomphocephala KARRI Allocasuarina decussata Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Heartwood is pale yellow-brown. Green 1,250 kg/m3 General building purposes and flooring. Once used for keels, Heartwood is a pale reddish brown and has Green 1,190 kg/m3 Speciality craftwood, wood turning and carving. The grain is very interlocked and the Air-dry 1,030 kg/m3 stern posts, bridge supports, shafts and wheelwright work, as the distinctive rays that are best shown when Air-dry 840 kg/m3 timber is fine-textured and even. Basic 840 kg/m3 well as railway carriage construction. the log is quarter sawn. Sapwood is whitish Basic 640 kg/m3 in colour. BULL BANKSIA Banksia grandis YELLOW TINGLE Eucalyptus guilfoylei Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Wood description: Wood density: Uses: An attractive timber with numerous shades Green 1170 kg/m3 Speciality craftwood, small furniture items, wood turning Heartwood is an oak-like yellow colour, hard Green 1,185 kg/m3 Protected species – limited availability. Previously used of red-brown throughout. Moderate grain Air-dry 750 kg/m3 and carving. and straight-grained. Air-dry 990 kg/m3 for sleepers, poles, bridge timbers, structural timber and with heavy figure when quarter sawn. The Basic 650 kg/m3 Basic 870 kg/m3 flooring. sapwood is paler. RED TINGLE Eucalyptus jacksonii WOODY PEAR Xylomelum occidentale Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Wood description: Wood density: Uses: Heartwood is deep pink to reddish-brown, Green 1,070 kg/m3 Protected species – limited availability. Previously used for Heartwood is a dark reddish colour with Green 1,140 kg/m3 Speciality craftwood, small furniture items, wood turning strong and durable. Air-dry 770 kg/m3 structural purposes, sleepers, furniture and panelling. decorative figure. Sapwood is a contrasting Air-dry 620 kg/m3 and carving. Basic 675 kg/m3 pale cream colour. Basic 505 kg/m3 Please note: Wood density figures are approximate. www.fpc.wa.gov.au July 2020.