Sugar Gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx)

This is a widely cultivated species across southern Australia, with plantings stretching from western Victoria across to Western Australia.

Sugar gum has pale yellow-brown heartwood that becomes a light ginger-brown when polished. The sapwood is pale and susceptible to lyctid borers. Its fine and uniform texture with interlocked grain, creates a well featured sawn timber. The wood is very hard and highly durable.

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York Gum (Eucalytus loxophleba)

One of the Goldfield burrs. It has a very tight grain and fantastic figuring.               

A light brown with yellow sapwood, very hard but turns beautifully.

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Sandalwood (Santalum Album)

Sandalwood is much prized as a wood for carving and is used for making souvenirs and other items requiring fine workmanship.
Australia supplies most of this market at present, mainly from S. spicatum which has a low oil content and which is, therefore, less attractive as a direct source of oil.

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