Woodsolutions provides details about the timber species and materials available for building in australia.
Australian hardwood trees names.
On this page you can search hardwoods by botanical name common name or application.
Appearance common applications durability strength workability termite resistance and fire resistance.
A species to suit any location.
Wood hardness varies among the hardwood species and some are actually softer than some softwoods.
Softwood trees form naked seeds that are dropped to the ground.
In alphabetical order from a z below.
Australian hardwood species guide version june 2018 ver2 botanical name eucalyptus obliqua eucalyptus regnans eucalyptus delegatensis eucalyptus dalrympleana eucalyptus grandis eucalyptus acmenoides eucalyptus maculata eucalyptus pilularis eucalyptus paniculate drepanophylla decepta sideroxylon mugga corymbia trachyphloia terminalis.
Hardwood trees seeds are produced in an enclosed form with some sort of covering such as a shell or fruit.
Recycled timber species for a broad explanation of species commonly available for appearance grade uses see the atfa australian timber flooring association web site and follow this link.
Hardwoods angiosperms abachi triplochiton scleroxylon acacia acacia sp robinia pseudoacacia african padauk pterocarpus soyauxii afzelia doussi afzelia africana agba tola gossweilerodendron balsamiferum alder alnus black alder alnus glutinosa red alder alnus rubra ash fraxinus black ash fraxinus nigra blue ash fraxinus.
Trees with broad flat leaves as opposed to coniferous or needled trees.
In victoria demolition of buildings will yield local southern species of timber such as messmate and other stringybarks mountain ash and some red gum.
Details for each species include.
Deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.
All tree species shown in yellow font are links to web pages which provide the relevant images for the full tree leaf characteristics bark flower.
Hardwoods tend to be slower growing than softwoods and are therefore usually more dense however this is not always the case.