timber species - exotics 
indeco have listed here some non native timber species which also may grow in Tasmania, whether in gardens or as wind-breaks or other such as ebony and New Zealand kauri.
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Ebony
Ebony: diospyrus spp. Famous African, Asian, South-east Asian timber. Black in colour, sometimes streaked with brown. Extremely dense, ideal for fine detail work. -
Elm
Elm: Ulmus spp. Medium to large deciduous hardwoods of Europe, Asia and North America. Also found on many colonial homesteads of Tasmania. Wood pale to darker brown in colour. -
European Ash
European Ash: Fraxinus excelsior. A medium sized hardwood widely distributed in Europe. Wood is creamy white to straw colour with dominant growth rings. -
European Oak
European Oak: quercus spp. Medium sized hardwood of central and western Europe. Timber yellow brown in colour with a dominant ray figure on the radial surface; used for furniture and more famously for cooperage, as in wine barrels. Hence Indeco's use for wine stoppers! -
Kauri (New Zealand)
Kauri: agathis australis. Famous New Zealand large softwood, pale brown. Very fine even texture, straight grained. Prominent ray fleck on the radial surface. One of the most significant timbers used for cottage and kitchen furniture in Australia from the 1860's till about the outbreak of the second world war. Remember the wonderful scrubbed kauri kitchen table tops of yore We therefore think it should be ideal for our Ned's plats.! -
London Plane
London Plane: Platinus hispanica. Wood salvaged locally. Large deciduous tree growing to 35 metres tall and 3 metres in circumference. Sometimes marketed as lace wood. -
Monterey cypress (Macrocarpa)
Cupressus macrocarpa: Monterey cypress, now more commonly called Macrocarpa in Australia and New Zealand. This is a species of cypress endemic to the central coast of California around the Monterey Bay area. -
Sycamore-Maple
Sycamore-Maple: acer pseudoplatanus. A medium to large European hardwood, creamy-white with fine texture and sometimes with wavy grain producing fiddle-back figure.
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