softwoods page

SOFTWOODS: not otherwise listed

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

     

     

• monkey puzzle / Araucaria araucana
• monkey puzzle / Araucaria araucana --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample and in this area the growth ring boundaries are very vague
• monkey puzzle / Araucaria araucana --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample


• monkey puzzle / Araucaria araucana --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample but this one is a 5/12" x 5/12" cross section shown here at 7X so in this area of the wood, the growth rings are at about 3/inch
• monkey puzzle / Araucaria araucana --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample but in this area the growth rings are at about 16/inch
• monkey puzzle / Araucaria araucana

   

• columnar araucaris / Araucaria columnaris --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• columnar araucaris / Araucaria columnaris --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

     

• Norfolk Island pine / Araucaria heterophylla
• Norfolk pine / Araucaria heterophylla
• Norfolk pine / Araucaria heterophylla

     

• Norfolk pine (hoop pine) /Araucaria cunninghamii
• klinki pine /Araucaria hunsteinii
• bunya pine / Araucaria bidwillii

   

• King William pine / Athrotaxis selaginoides
• King William pine / Athrotaxis selaginoides

       

• rhododendron/ Rhododendron maximum --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• rhododendron / Rhododendron maximum --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• great rose bay rhododendron / Rhododendron maximum
• Pacific rhododendron/ Rhododendron macrophyllum

   

• Asian rhododendron/ Rhododendron molle --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• Asian rhododendron/ Rhododendron molle --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

   

• rhododendron/ Rhododendron spp.
• rhododendron/ Rhododendron spp.

     

 

• Japanese umbrella pine / Sciadopitys verticillata --- these two are from nearby areas on the same sample
• Japanese umbrella pine / Sciadopitys verticillata --- these two are from nearby areas on the same sample
• Japanese umbrella pine / Sciadopitys verticillata


• Japanese table pine / Sciadopitys verticillata

   

• parana pine / Araucaria angustifolia --- heartwood
• parana pine / Araucaria angustifolia --- sapwood of the same sample

     

• Australian brown pine / Podocarpus elatus
• real yellowwood / Podocarpus latifolius
• true yellowwood / Podocarpus latifolius

   

• totara / Podocarpus totara --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• totara / Podocarpus totara --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

   

• podocarp / Podocarpus spp.
• podocarp / Podocarpus spp.

     
karui --- all three of these cross sections are from the same sample and the last one is from a poorly sanded area so shows ROS circular marks

• kauri / Agathis robusta
• kauri / Agathis robusta
• kauri / Agathis robusta

     

• kauri / Agathis australis
• ancient kauri / Agathis australis --- why there are slashed lines at an angle to the grain lines I don't know but they ARE there as a characteristic of the wood; I processed this one twice to make sure
• dammar kauri / Agathis dammara

   

• Fijian kauri / Agathis vitiensis
• rimu / Dacrydium cupressinum

   

• hiba / Thujopsis dolabrata --- heartwood of a piece
• hiba / Thujopsis dolabrata --- sapwood of the same piece

     

• matai / Prumnopitys taxifolia --- these three are from nearby areas on the same sample
• matai / Prumnopitys taxifolia --- these three are from nearby areas on the same sample
• matai / Prumnopitys taxifolia --- these three are from nearby areas on the same sample