York gum

Eucalyptus loxophleba

York gum is a small tree of reasonable form, from 5 to 15 m tall with diameter up to 0.6 m, or a low straggly mallee. The species is widespread in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields areas, and the typical York gum is found in the Toodyay, York and Kellerberrin areas. Poorer trees are found as far north as Shark Bay, and east of Kalgoorlie. It is found in woodland formations, in association with wandoo, salmon gum, gimlet, powderbark wandoo (E. accedens), as well as raspberry jam. Further east, it occurs with mallee eucalypts.

Wood description [more info]
Heartwood is yellow-brown, hard and tough with an interlocked grain.

Wood density [more info]
Green density is about 1185 kg/m3, air-dry density about 1060 kg/m3, and basic density about 885 kg/m3.

Shrinkage [more info]
Tangential and radial shrinkage before reconditioning are about 5 and 2.5 per cent respectively.

Workability [more info]
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Durability [more info]
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Strength group and properties [more info]
Green and dry strength groups are S2 and (SD2). The brackets indicate a conservative provisional rating based on the air-dry density. Data from Julius (1906) are given in the table below.

Uses [more info]
York gum was previously used for wheelwright and similar work, but commercial supplies are rarely available.

Availability [more info]
Limited occurrence because of the scattered nature of the resource.