diffuse porous page

DIFFUSE POROUS ACACIAS

NOTE: unless otherwise specifically stated, all of the images shown on this
page are of 1/4" square end grain cross sections shown at 12X with the top
of the image towards the bark and the bottom towards the pith so that
earlywood is towards the bottom of the growth rings and latewood is towards the top

to see all species with links to their anatomy page go here: species links

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general characteristics of the end grain of Acacias:
other than all being diffuse porous, Acacias are all over the map on characteristics.

THE ONLY ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ON THIS PAGE IS THAT
THE SPECIES ARE IN APPROXIMATE ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY BOTANICAL NAME

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• earleaf acacia / Acacia auriculiformis
• earleaf acacia / Acacia auriculiformis

     

• mulga / Acacia aneura
• mulga / Acacia aneura
• mulga / Acacia aneura

     

• Bailey acacia / Acacia baileyana --- a 1/4" x 5/12" cross section shown here at 7X
• bendee / Acacia catenulata
• caven / Acacia caven

     

   
monkey thorn, fairly sparse pores, all with vaiscentric parenchyma, frequent pore multiples, rays that are obvious at 10X, some confluent parenchyma

• monkey thorn / Acacia burkei --- one area of a sample
• monkey thorn / Acacia burkei --- another, nearby, area of the same sample
• monkey thorn / Acacia burkei


• monkey thorn / Acacia burkei --- these two are from the same piece of wood and the ID is suspect
• monkey thorn / Acacia burkei --- these two are from the same piece of wood and the ID is suspect

   

• belyando blackwood / Acacia argyrodendron
• belyando blackwood / Acacia argyrodendron

   

• gidgee / Acacia cambagei
• gidgee / Acacia cambagei

     

• subin / Acacia collinsii --- heartwood of a piece
• subin / Acacia collinsii --- sapwood of the same piece
• subin / Acacia collinsii --- another sapwood area of the same piece

     

• Formosan koa / Acacia confusa
• Formosan koa / Acacia confusa
• Formosan koa / Acacia confusa

     

• Formosan koa / Acacia confusa --- these three are nearby areas of the same sample
• Formosan koa / Acacia confusa --- these three are nearby areas of the same sample
• Formosan koa / Acacia confusa --- these three are nearby areas of the same sample

     

     

• cinnecord / Acacia choriophylla --- heartwood of a piece
• cinnecord / Acacia choriophylla --- sapwood of the same piece, showing bluestain
• Florida acacia / Acacia choriophylla --- Botanical name is assumed; I did not have a definite specific epithet on this sample but that seems to be the only one that uses the common name Florida acacia, BUT ... the characteristics do NOT seem very similar to the other Acacia choriophylla samples (which are more likely to be correctly identified)


• cinnecord / Acacia choriophylla --- heartwood of a piece
• cinnecord / Acacia choriophylla --- sapwood of the same piece, showing blue stain
• cinnecord / Acacia choriophylla --- sapwood of the same piece, showing blue stain and spalting

     

• wirewood / Acacia coreacea
• subin / Acacia dolichostachya
• subin / Acacia dolichostachya

   

• silver wattle / Acacia dealbata
• blue wattle / Acacia dealbata

   
camel thorn: heavy vasicentric and confluent parenchyma, some pore multiples, rays that are obvious at 10X

• camel thorn / Acacia erioloba --- heartwood
• camel thorn / Acacia erioloba --- sapwood from the same piece

   

• black wattle / Acacia concurrens --- a 1/2" x 1/2" cross section shown here at 6X
• iron wattle / Acacia excelsa

     

   

• huisache / Acacia farnesiana
• huisache / Acacia farnesiana --- heartwood of a sample
• huisache / Acacia farnesiana --- sapwood of the same sample


• huisache / Acacia farnesiana --- these two are nearby areas of the same sample
• huisache / Acacia farnesiana --- these two are nearby areas of the same sample

     

• monkey thorn / Acacia galpinii
• katsim / Acacia gaumeri
• aromo (long spine acacia) / Acacia huarango

     

• cola de lagarta / Acacia glomerosa
• catclaw acacia / Acacia greggii
• sickleleaf acacia / Acacia harpophylla

     
dune thorn / Acacia kosiensis: NOTE: that species name is unresolved and subject to change

• hickory wattle / Acacia implexa
• dune thorn / Acacia kosiensis
• dune thorn / Acacia kosiensis

     

     

 
koa, very sparse pores compared to most acacias, vasicentric parenchyma, frequent pore multiples, rays that are barely visible at 10X (stronger on the Formosan koa)

• koa / Acacia koa
• koa / Acacia koa
• koa / Acacia koa


• koa / Acacia koa
• koa / Acacia koa
• koa / Acacia koa --- the horizontal line is a crack


• koa / Acacia koa --- from a laminated sample

 

• koaia / Acacia koaia

       

   
whitebark acacia, heavy vasicentric parenchyma with some confluence and rays that are obvious at 10X

• whitebark acacia / Acacia leucophloea --- these two are nearby areas of the same sample
• whitebark acacia / Acacia leucophloea --- these two are nearby areas of the same sample and this one is a 1/4" x 5/12" cross section shown here at 7X


• whitebark acacia / Acacia leucophloea --- these two are nearby areas of the same sample
• whitebark acacia / Acacia leucophloea --- these two are nearby areas of the same sample

       
Tasmanian blackwood, fairly sparse pores with vasicentric parenchyma and (generally) plentiful pore multiples

• Tasmanian blackwood / Acacia melanoxylon --- very sparse pores, obvious vasicentric parenchyma
• Tasmanian blackwood / Acacia melanoxylon --- sparse pores, obvious vasicentric
• Tasmanian blackwood / Acacia melanoxylon
• Tasmanian blackwood / Acacia melanoxylon

   

• long spine acacia / Acacia macracantha
• long spine acacia / Acacia macracantha

     

• black wattle / Acacia mearnsii
• bowyakka / Acacia microsperma
• nightcap wattle / Acacia orites

   

   

• knobthorn / Acacia nigrescens --- these two are from the same sample
• knobthorn / Acacia nigrescens --- these two are from the same sample


• knobthorn / Acacia nigrescens
• knobthorn / Acacia nigrescens

   

     

• arabic gum / Acacia nilotica
• arabic gum / Acacia nilotica


• arabic gum / Acacia nilotica --- one area of a sample
• arabic gum / Acacia nilotica --- another, nearby, area of the same sample
• babbar / Acacia nilotica --- a 1/3" x 1/2" cross section shown here at 6X

   

• weeping bortee / Acacia pendula --- heartwood
• weeping bortee / Acacia pendula --- sapwood of the same sample

   

• espino / Acacia pennatula
• espino blanco / Acacia pennatula

     

• waddywood / Acacia peuce
• lancewood / Acacia shirleyi
• lancewood / Acacia shirleyi

   

• willow wattle / Acacia salicina --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• willow wattle / Acacia salicina --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

   

• paperbark thorn / Acacia sieberiana
• river cooba / Acacia stenophylla

     

• shittim / Acacia tortilis
• prickly moses / Acacia verticillata --- these two are from the same piece of wood
• prickly moses / Acacia verticillata --- these two are from the same piece of wood

   

• fever tree / Acacia xanthophloea
• fever tree / Acacia xanthophloea