Tasmanian Celery Top Pine

Celery Top Pine

Botanical Name: Phyllocladus Aspleniifolius.

Native Conifer, because of it’s stability, durability & appearance celery top is highly prized. Pale white to yellow when first cut and obtains a golden hue with age. A light but very dense timber, fine grain and easily worked. Gary Rizzolo of Rizzologuitars has used it with great success.

Density
(air dry) kg m³

Shrinkage

Sound velocity
(along grain) m s¹

MOE GPa
(10^6 lb/sq. in)

Dimension Unit Green to 12% MC
646
624-668
Tang. 0.19 3.4 4823 *
Rad. 0.12 1.6