Tasmanian Hardwood Trees

Obliqua mountain ash alpine ash messmate.

Tasmanian hardwood trees.

Described as the epicentre of tasmanian tall trees the andromeda stand is internationally recognised as the tallest grove of flowering trees on earth and is the finest example of ultra tall eucalypt forest in the world. Giant trees are more than 85 metres tall or 280 cubic metres in volume according to sustainable timber tasmania formerly forestry tasmania. However this defining group of giants is all but unknown to most tasmanians. Image thanks to tourism tasmania garry moore.

The younger growth tends to be lighter in colour while the older trees can be darker across the spectrum. Tasmanian oak can be one of e. These hardwood species are large trees that grow up to 90 metres in height. Tasmania is home to the tallest hardwood trees in the world and many of them are considered to be giants.

Tasmanian oak a strong durable hardwood used in all classes of building flooring and internal work. Tasmanian oak mountain gum white top rose gum flooded gum white mahogany yellow stringybark spotted gum blackbutt ironbark grey red broad leaved narrow leafed bloodwood brown pale red sydney blue gum white gum kwila merbau. Sustainable timber tasmania grows two main eucalyptus species eucalyptus globulus tasmanian blue gum and eucalyptus nitens shining gum. Most commonly made from a combination of alpine ash mountain ash and messmate tasmanian oak flooring is characterised by the commonalities between all three species.

The forresters who found the tree named it centurion after a commander of a century 100 soldiers in the ancient roman army. Tasmanian oak refers to three eucalypt species commonly found in tasmania as well as alpine regions in victoria and nsw. Both species have been selected for high growth rates and desirable wood properties. Tasmanian timber marketed as tasmanian oak or tassie oak is most often a combination of three distinct species of tree all of which are found most often in you guessed it tasmania and while they are all certainly similar there is a wide amount of variation between the three.

The island state is one of just a few places on the planet where they reach such sizes. This magnificent plant is the world s tallest hardwood eucalyptus and flowering tree and lives just 5 kilometres from tasmania s popular tahune airwalk. Using only the soil sunlight water and carbon dioxide from the air these forests produce some of the strongest and most beautiful timbers in the world. Renowned for almost 200 years each species has its own character and individual richness.

This mix of hardwood species ranges from straw blonde to pale and dark pink through to chocolate blonde.