![]() The few logs are nothing to brag about, but will burn like olive.ĥ. It was likely a remnant of a prehistoric landscape, rather than self sown. Ligustrum japonicum, waxleaf privet is not native. It smells like bad salami while in bloom, and produces irritating tomentum.Ĥ. It is also my least favorite of native trees here. ( Notho) lithocarpus densiflorus, tanoak is much better firewood. Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas fir is cruddy firewood that can ruin carpet inside a car if moved while green and sappy, but most was gone by the time I got this picture. It is an exemplary specimen, artfully displayed against a backdrop of sawdust scattered over asphalt.Ģ. LOG! From Blammo! Actually, this one is from a bigleaf maple, Acer macrophyllum. Anyway, vegetation management has become something of a priority recently, and has been generating a bit of firewood.ġ. ![]() FPINNOVATIONS IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SERVING THE CANADIAN FOREST SECTOR.It’s log, it’s log, it’s better than bad, it’s good.” ![]() Should not be used under high decay hazard conditions.ĭATA FOR THESE PROPERTY TABLES HAS BEEN COMPILED BY FPINNOVATIONS FROM INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SCIENTIFIC SOURCES. average strength of 35 kg/cm2).ĭries without undue difficulty, but rather slowly. small flakes of the coating were detached at intersections of cuts) and in the pull-off test (i.e. Multiple coats of clear or a clear coat with a high build is recommended.Įxcellent results with clear finish. Recommend light stain or clear finish followed by nitrocellulose/alkyd clear, sealer and finish. Good to excellent stainability especially with light colours. Medium boring quality with brad point bits and poor quality with single twist bits.īonds well with a fairly wide range of adhesives under a moderately wide range of bonding conditions. Machines with less difficulty than hard maple in all operations. One of the most desirable BC species for turning. Figured forms of maple include bird’s eye, fiddle-back, blister and curly maple.īigleaf maple – working properties ProcessĪ cutting angle of 20˚ assists the finishing operation when curly grain or other irregular grain is present. Other: Occasionally pieces have highly figured, wavy grain. Quartersawn lumber or quarter-sliced veneer: occasionally curly and wavy. Plainsawn lumber or rotary-cut veneer: faint growth ring, occasionally birdseye, curly, and wavy. The wood has straight or sometimes curly or wavy grain, medium to occasionally coarse grain, and has an even texture. The annual growth rings are indistinct as it is a diffuse-porous wood. Light-coloured heartwood and little contrast between heartwood and sapwood. Usually light reddish-brown, but sometimes darker. Grain patterns are unsurpassed in some bigleaf maple trees. Occasionally, pieces have highly figured, wavy grain-these include bird’s eye, fiddle-back, blister and curly maple.īigleaf maple – physical properties Density (kg/m3) The fruit consists of two winged seeds joined at the base, which are three to six centimetres long. Small greenish-yellow flowers, about three millimetres across, appear in clusters at the ends of twigs in the spring. They are shiny dark green on top and paler underneath and turn yellow in the fall. They are deeply five-lobed and have a few blunt, wavy teeth. The leaves are the largest of any maple in Canada, measuring 15 to 30 centimetres across. The species lives an average of 200 years, with some up to 300 years. ![]() The bark is greyish-brown and shallowly grooved when the tree is older. In the open, it has a broad crown supported by a few large spreading limbs. In the forest, it develops a narrow crown that is supported by a stem free of branches for half its length. Bigleaf maple, also known as Pacific Coast maple or western maple, is the largest maple tree in Canada, reaching 36 metres in height on good sites.
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