Locust Wood

Black Locust wood serves as an alternative to chemically-treated lumber which is treated with a wide variety of Red List chemicals.

Locust wood. In stiffness it outdoes hickory. The poorer the soil is the denser and harder the timber becomes due to the slow annual growth. Locusts are fast-growing hardy trees that belong to the pea family Fabaceae or Leguminosae.

The wood of this tree is commonly used in manufacturing fences. Errico earned Chairmans Club recognition and was one of the original members of. Who wants to know all the technical aspects of wood to own a copy of the USDA Forest Service publication the Wood Handbook.

It is endemic to a few small areas of the United States but it has been widely planted and naturalized elsewhere in temperate North America Europe Southern Africa 3 and Asia and is considered an invasive species in some areas. Honey Locust bears a much closer resemblance to Kentucky Coffeetree which is similar both in color grain and anatomy. The fact that the tree grows so quickly is also an advantage because it means high-quality wood can be produced in a short space of time.

Thus he earned the nickname Rail Splitter. Our wood sourcing services grew out of our own need to secure a regular supply of black locust for outdoor applications. It is available for download from the USDA Forest Products Lab but is a huge file so it would.

Fighting decay it outlasts white oak. The harvesting of rainforest tropical hardwoods is unsustainable. By Reader Submitted Jul 28 2009.

And machined and sanded the wood takes on a high luster. While at Morgan Stanley Mr. Black locust Robinia Pseudoacacia is native to North America and grows prolifically in the Mid West ArkansasOklahoma as well as New England and the Northeast.