Description
Cherry’s heartwood varies from rich red to reddish-brown, with a fine, straight, close grain with narrow brown pith flecks and small gum pockets, and with a smooth texture. Weighs about 580 kg/m³ (36 lb/ft³); specific gravity .58.
American Black Cherry
Cherry's heartwood varies from rich red to reddish-brown, with a fine, straight, close grain with narrow brown pith flecks and small gum pockets, and with a smooth texture.
Durability:
Cherry's sapwood is liable to attack by common furniture beetle and heartwood moderately resistant to preservative treatment. The timber is moderately durable.
Mechanical Properties:
The timber has good wood bending properties, low stiffness, and medium strength and resistance to shock loads.
Seasoning:
Dries fairly rapidly, with little degrade if care is taken to avoid a moderately large amount of shrinkage during seasoning. There is medium movement in service.
Uses:
- Pattern making, tobacco pipes, musical instruments, furniture and cabinetmaking, high-class joinery, boat interiors, backing blocks for mounting printing plates.
- It is an excellent turnery and carving wood.
- Selected logs are converted into decorative veneers for furniture, cabinets, wall panelling, flushdoors, etc.
Additional information
| Latin Name | Prunus serotina |
|---|---|
| Family Name | Rosaceae |
| Distribution | In small quantities or scattered trees in deciduous forest areas in Canada and USA |
| Also know as | English, French, Polish, Slavonian, etc according to origin. |
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