Sassafras Wood
Being ring porous it is a good candidate for staining.
Sassafras wood. With open grain soft texture and light brown color it is sometimes used as a Chestnut substitute. Its grain is usually straight and the texture very even. And its generally tan to light brown coloration makes its appearance easy to mistake it as such though sometimes tints ranging from pale orange to olive green can be present.
The variations in colour make it a popular material for customised items. Prices with blackheart figure are likely to be much higher than unfigured pieces sometimes referred to as Golden Sassafras. Excellent bending properties Chestnut substitute Characteristics of Sassafras Origin of Wood Type USA Botanical.
It is very stable and strong. SASSAFRAS WOOD Sassafras is a fragrant North American hardwood. This makes the wood good for furniture framing windows and doors kitchen cabinets paneling fence posts and building boats.
The sapwood is light yellow and narrow. The wood of the sassafras tree is very straight grained and its one of the softer woods in the hardwood family. Sassafras wood is classified as a domestic hardwood lumber that is located throughout the eastern United States.
Sassafras is a hardwood originating in New South Wales not to be confused with Tasmanian or southern sassafras. Basic specific gravity ovendry weightgreen volume 064. Cabinetry furniture flooring.
Air-dry density 30 pcf. This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices or on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Its typically straight grains and coarse texture bear patterns which resemble Ash.