Location: Rifle Range Road, Tuncester, NSW 2480 Postal: P.O. Box 6366, South Lismore NSW 2480, Australia Phone: +61(2) 6621 9886 Fax: +61(2) 6621 7680 Email: » hardwood@hurfords.com.au
Hurford has an extensive range of species...
Blue Gum Eucalyptus saligna Colour: often mid to light red brown
Dominant features: Hobnail
Species of similar colour: Red Gum, Cherry Mahogany and Flooded Gum
Density: 850 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 9.0
Above ground durability class 2
Red Ironbark Eucalyptus crebra (narrow-leaved), Eucalyptus fibrosa (broad-leaved) Colour: often dark brown to dark red brown
Dominant features: Holes
Species of similar colour: Grey Gum
Density: 1120 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 14.0
Above ground durability class 1
Grey Gum Eucalyptus propinqua Colour: often red brown with paler sapwood
Dominant features: Pinhole borer
Species of similar colour: Red Ironbark
Density: 1080 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 14.0
Above ground durability class 1
Cherry Mahogany Corymbia gummifera Colour: often medium to deep red
Dominant features: Gum vein
Species of similar colour: Red Gum, Blue Gum
Density: 900 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 8.8
Above ground durability class 1
Red Gum Eucalyptus tereticornis Colour: often deep red with paler sapwood
Dominant features: gum vein
Species of similar colour: Blue Gum, Cherry Mahogany and Red Mahogany
Density: 1050 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 12.0
Above ground durability class 1
Brush Box Lophostemon confertus Colour: often mid brown with pink tones
Dominant features: n/a
Species of similar colour: Turpentine
Density: 900 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 9.5
Above ground durability class 3
Grey Ironbark Eucalyptus paniculata Colour: often mid to dark brown and red brown
Dominant features: Holes
Species of similar colour: Grey Box
Density: 1120 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 14.0
Above ground durability class 1
Spotted Gum Corymbia maculata Colour: often mid brown with light sapwood
Dominant features: Gum vein
Species of similar colour: n/a
Density: 950 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 11.0
Above ground durability class 1
Tallowwood Eucalyptus microcorys Colour: often light olive brown
Dominant features: Pinhole
Species of similar colour: n/a
Density: 990 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 8.6
Above ground durability class 1
Turpentine Syncarpia glomulifera Colour: often mid brown with pink tones
Dominant features: n/a
Species of similar colour: Brush Box
Density: 930 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 12.0
Above ground durability class 1
Blackbutt Eucalyptus pilularis Colour: often straw to pale brown
Dominant features: Gum vein & Pinhole borer
Species of similar colour: Northern Beech and New England Blackbutt
Density: 900 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 9.1
Above ground durability class 1
Pearl Mahogany Eucalyptus laevopinea (silver-top), Eucalyptus eugenioides (white)
Colour: often pale brown with pinkish tones
Dominant features: Gum vein and Pinhole
Species of similar colour: n/a
Density: 860 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 8.8
Above ground durability class 3
New England Blackbutt Eucalyptus andrewsii Colour: often straw to pale brown
Dominant features: Gum vein and Pinhole borer
Species of similar colour: Northern Beech and Blackbutt
Density: 930 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 9.5
Above ground durability class 1
Northern Beech Species Colour: often straw to straw brown
Dominant features: Gum vein and Pinhole
Species of similar colour: Blackbutt and New England Blackbutt
Density: 800 - 1000 kg/m3
Janka Hardness: 8.0 to 10.0
Above ground durability class 3 to 1
