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American Red Oak

TEMPERATE HARDWOOD

 American Red Oak

Family:

 Fagaceae

Latin Name:

 Quercus spp

Distribution:

 Eastern USA and South Eastern Canada.

Uses:

 Flooring, furniture, vehicle construction, interior joinery, Plywood manufacture and sliced for decorative veneers. It is unsuitable for exterior work.

General Description:
Red Oak's heartwood resembles other oaks with a biscuit to pink colour, but has a reddish tinge. Mostly straight grained and coarse textured, with a less attractive figure than white oak due to smaller rays. Southern red oak has a more rapid growth than northern red oak and is harder, heavier and coarser textured. Weight about 770 kg/m3 (48 lb/ft3); specific gravity .77.  

Mechanical Properties:
This timber has medium bending strength and stiffness with high crushing strength and is classified as a very good steam bending timber.  

Seasoning:
Natural tendency to dry slowly, with liability to split, check or honeycomb, and needs care in both air drying and kilning. There is medium movement in service.  

Durability:
Red Oak's heartwood is non-durable and liable to insect attack but is moderately resistant to preservative treatment; the sapwood is permeable.  

Other Names:

northern red oak (Canada and USA); southern red oak, Spanish oak (USA); swamp red oak, cherrybark oak (USA); shumard red oak (USA).