| Black
Maire |
Dense,
hard, varies in colour from cream to brown with black stripes. |
| Kowhai |
A
tough, hard timber, variable in colour from mid-brown to grey. |
| Lacebark |
Creamy-white
with prominent medullary rays which show as flecks on bobbins.
|
| Matai |
Orange-brown
with a very fine finish. |
| Matipo |
Pale
red with darker red fleck similar to London plane, Fine, even
texture. |
| Pohutukawa |
Pink,
hard with fine even texture. |
| Puriri |
Variable
in colour from yellow through grey to mid-brown. Hard, with
fine even texture. |
| Rata |
Pink
to purple-brown with fine even texture. |
| Red
Beech |
Reddish-brown
with fine, even texture. |
| Rewarewa |
Pinkie-red
to dark red with very distinctive ray figure. |
| Tarata |
White
to grey with black spalting lines. |
| Tawa |
White
to grey with occasional black streaks. Good lustre. |
English Timbers
|
| Apple |
hard, light pink colour |
| Ash |
creamy
colour with darker markings, rather coarse texture |
|
Beech |
hard,
light pink-brown with distinctive flecks. |
| Cherry |
hard, light pink-red with darker markings. |
| Holly |
hard, bone-white to light brown with darker flecks. |
| Oak |
hard,
light brown with distinctive grain. |
| Peach |
similar
to cherry. |
| Plane |
hard, pink with darker markings- similar to rewarewa but with
finer flecks |
| Plum |
similar to cherry but darker |
| Yew |
hard,
very variable in colour but usually orange-brown with darker
markings |
Backyard exotics
|
| Barberry
|
light
yellow sometimes with darker markings |
| Broom |
light-yellow brown. |
| Camellia |
similar colour to beech but without the flecks |
| Gorse
|
yellow
with prominent flecks |
| Phebalium
|
surprisingly
hard, creamy colour |
| Privet |
white,
similar to holly |
| Tree
Lucerne |
light
to mid-brown with prominent grain |
Australian Timbers
|
| Australian
Cherry |
similar to English cherry- pinky-brown with flecks. |
| Ironwood |
very hard smooth, brown timber |
|
Jarrah |
deep red-brown hardwood |
|
Tasmanian Blackwood |
reddish brown, often with distinctive markings. |
North American Timbers
|
| Black
Walnut |
-
deep grey with black markings |
| Cotinus |
-deep
yellow with dark markings and often an unusual sheen |
| Maple
|
-white
with interesting highlights |
| Robinia |
-
greeny-yellow with bone white sapwood sometimes with darker
markings |
