Description:
Tasmanian Oak / Victorian Ash wood floors
are a straw to tan colored wood, all of which is rift sawn, and is
similar in appearance to straight grain American Oak.
Color
Range: Tasmanian Oak / Victorian Ash,
depending on the areas it is sourced from, can have a medium high
degree of color variation from a pale straw color, some with
pinkish highlights, through to tan colors and some medium
gray/brown colors. Some color/species selected can range from the straw to tan tones with some pinkish highlights.
Color
Change: Tasmanian Oak / Victorian Ash over time undergoes a
slight degree of color change with a muting of the overall color
variation and an ambering of the straw colors to a slightly darker
tan.
Botanical
name: Eucalyptus, regnans / obliqua /
delegatensis
Hardness: 1010
as compared to: Red oak- 1260 & N maple- 1450
(Janka chart)
The name Tasmanian Oak was originally used
by early European timber workers who believed the eucalypts showed the
same strength as the English Oak.
 More
facts: Eucalypts are light demanding and grow best where they are not
overshadowed. Regeneration occurs after fire, and seedlings establish
best on bare mineral soil in the absence of leaf litter. In Tasmania,
eucalypts may live for 400 years or more. True forest giants they can
attain heights of 320 feet, but average 245 feet with average diameters
of 8 feet |
