Sitka Spruce | The Wood Database (Softwood)
Quartersawn billets of instrument-grade Sitka Spruce can easily exceed the cost of most all domestic hardwoods in terms of per board-foot cost. Sustainability: This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices, and is reported by the IUCN as being a species of least concern.
Sitka Spruce - McCormick Lumber
Sitka Spruce has an outstanding stiffness to weight ratio, and is available in large, straight-grained pieces, lending this timber to a wide range off commercial uses.
Picea sitchensis - Wikipedia
Sitka spruce has been introduced to Europe as a lumber tree, and was first planted there in the 19th century. Sitka spruce plantations have become a dominant forest type in Great Britain and Ireland, making up 25% of forest cover in the former and 52% in the latter.
Sitka spruce - naturally:wood
Sitka spruce is the largest of the spruces, growing up to 70 metres tall and two metres in diameter. Found along the Pacific Coast, it is valued for wood that is light, soft, relatively strong and flexible.
Sitka Spruce - US Forest Service Research and Development
Although no comprehensive heritability studies have been completed, Sitka spruce shows considerable variation in wood density, tracheid length, and grain angle. Improvement in these characteristics through breeding appears feasible.
Sitka - Wood
2017年2月15日 · Often called coast spruce and yellow spruce, Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) stands taller than any of the 18 spruce species found in the Northern Hemisphere. It grows in a coastal area about 50 miles wide and stretching some 2,000 miles from northern California to Kodiak Island, Alaska.
Sitka Spruce - Oregonforests 2023
The wood of the Sitka spruce possesses outstanding resonant qualities, and it is used in pianos, organs, guitars and violins. Its long fibers also make it second only to the western hemlock as a papermaking wood.
Sitka spruce - Canadian Woodworking
2022年7月19日 · Native to the west coast of North America, Sitka spruce is the largest member of the spruce tree family, and it is particularly well known for its high strength to weight ratio. It is renownrd as an acoustic soundboard in stringed instruments, harps and pianos.
Sitka Spruce - Arc Wood & Timbers
Aesthetically, the heartwood of the Sitka Spruce is a very light silvery color, almost white, which blends gradually into a very creamy sapwood. When planed, the surface of the wood has a beautiful silky sheen that is well suited for interior paneling, ceiling decking, trim, and soffit.
Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) description - conifers.org
2023年12月17日 · Sitka spruce is the world's largest spruce, and in terms of wood volume, is the second-largest species in the Pinaceae after Pseudotsuga menziesii. In old growth stands, trees may commonly reach a height of 70 m and diameter of 300 cm.
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