...The etymology of the common name sheoak is ambiguous. Both oaks and sheoaks share a similar ray-flecked appearance on quartersawn surfaces. Genera listing > Hardwoods > Casuarinaceae...
...Although many species bear oak or she-oak in their common name, Allocasuarina is not closely related to true oaks in the Quercus genus. The etymology of the common name sheoak...
...(Atherosperma moschatum) Sassafras, Golden (Doryphora sassafras) Satinay (Syncarpia hillii) Sheoak, River (Casuarina cunninghamiana) Sheoak, Rose (Allocasuarina torulosa) Sheoak, Western (Allocasuarina fraseriana) Silky Oak, Northern (Cardwellia sublimis) Silky Oak, Southern (Grevillea...
...angolensis 11.15 Tropical black sage Cordia curassavica 11.05 Osage orange Maclura pomifera 10.98 River Sheoak Casuarina cunninghamiana 10.90 Guajayvi Patagonula americana 10.85 Chinaberry Melia azedarach 10.85 Norway maple Acer platanoides...
...red alder (Alnus rubra). In addition to alder, only a handful of other genera and species exhibit these rays: hornbeam (Carpinus spp.), and some species of sheoak (Allocasuarina and Casuarina...
...Krugiodendron ferreum 78.8 63.7 46.0 49.8 59.4 Sneezewood Ptaeroxylon obliquum 66.2 54.4 54.1 63.0 59.4 Marblewood Zygia racemosa 54.2 68.9 58.8 55.6 59.1 Rose sheoak Allocasuarina torulosa 67.6 62.2 53.9...
...siris Albizia odoratissima 364 Albizia, Asian Albizia sp. 4.6″ long, 2.5″ wide; from China; 80% sapwood 018 Boonaree Alectryon oleifolius mostly sapwood 411 Candlenut Aleurites moluccana 412 Sheoak, black Allocasuarina...