Very durable and offers a solid dimensional stability.
Is yellow cedar a hardwood.
Due to its various natural characteristics yellow cedar is widely used for shingles poles marine pilings oars and paddles decorative panelling mouldings and cabinet work.
Widely used for exterior applications and boatbuilding.
Also known as alaskan cypress.
It resists corrosion and the elements so it is ideal for industrial uses and is used extensively for boat building sauna manufacturing fine cabinetry and interior and exterior millwork.
Recent reclassifications have moved it from chamaecyparis to a newly created genus named xanthocyparis and then to callitropsis and finally back into cupressus.
The grain is typically very straight with a fine and even texture.
Alaskan yellow cedar also known as cypress the slow growing alaskan yellow cedar is a tough solid tree and the hardest known cedar in the world while also boasting exceptional longevity.
Belonging to the cypress family yellow cedar is not a true cedar.
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The bark is another give away.
Alaskan yellow cedar s uniform color and straight grain will take a fine finish.
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Mature bark is gray and stringy while the bark of western red cedar trees has a reddish hue.
Due to its straight grain and yellow colour yellow cedar wood is very valuable commercially.
Technically speaking alaskan yellow cedar is not a true cedar but an evergreen.
Yellow cedar often has a candelabra like appearance because the top leader dies as do the side branches that take over.
Alaskan yellow cedar was initially placed in the cupressus genus and later in the chamaecyparis genus where it had remained for roughly 160 years.
Naturally resistant to weather insects and contact with soil.
It is a medium sized tree that grows up to 24 metres high and 90 cm in diameter when mature.
Yellow cedar is fine textured and straight grained and its natural extractives make it a decay resistant wood that is aromatic when cut.
Yellow cedar is a bright timber ranging in colour from soft yellow to light brown.
Yellow cedar is one of the world s most durable woods.
Heartwood is a bright clear yellow darkening upon exposure.
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