Cercis spp. of the family Fabaceae, includeing at least the following:
C. canadensis (American, judas tree, eastern, texas)
C. occidentalis (california, western)
C. reniformis (eastern)
C. arizonica (western Arizona)
NOTE: I find that I am confused about redbud / judas tree and that the two pages on this site most likely need to be merged, and in any case, both of them combined do not fully explicate the range of species that are possibly lumped together under the two names. Could be that they DO need to be kept separate, but if so, there at least needs to be further clarification about the naming and the various species. I will do further research.
my samples:
sample plank and end grain of provided to me as Eastern redbud / "Cercus" (should be cercis) canadensis by the IWCS. The crappy quality of the sample (you should see the OTHER side) is fairly common in the samples I got from that organization and I also note that the genus name is spelled incorrectly --- pretty shoddy for an organization that is supposed to help set the standards.
end grain closeup and END GRAIN UPDATE of the piece directly above --- unlike almost all of the end grain updates, this is a case where the rays in the wood show up better in the "before" pic.
both sides of a piece of Eastern redbud contributed to the site by Neil Scheidt who also sent the pics of the box further down this page. Thank you Neil.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
All of the pieces from here down to "web pics" were contributed to the site by Nelson Woodworks. Many thanks, Daren.
both sides of a set of turning stock
end grain of the 3 pieces directly above (the darker and browner color of these, relative to most of the pics in this section, is correct)
end grain closeups of the 3 pieces directly above
both sides of a plank
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
the next three planks are all cut from the same long plank, as shown here (this pic has a bit too much yellow in it)
both side of a plank
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a plank
both sides of a plank
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a burly/curly slab
closeups from both sides of the burly/curly slab directly above
cluster burl slab and closeup
cluster burl slab and closeup
web pics:
tree cross-sections showing end grain and sapwood
bookmatched pair of planks and a closeup --- showing once again the difficulty in taking color-correct pics of wood. I believe the distance pic has the color more or less correct.
planks / slabs
plank listed as Cercis canadensis and harvested in Texas
plank listed as redbud / Cercis canadensis and harvested in Kansas --- NOTE: this was not listed as a burl, but clearly it is.
plank listed as redbud / Cercis canadensis and harvested in Indiana
slab
bowl blank listed as Cercis canadensis
spalted plank
Eastern redbud turning stock
end grain of some of the turning stock directly above
pen blank smoistened for the pics
burl pen blanks
burl sections (the second one was shot in the shade and is actually a brighter wood than what shows here)
burl section listed as Eastern redbud
Two views of an Eastern redbud box made by Neil Scheidt. It was finished with a coat of natural stain to seal it and then a few coats of semi-gloss polyurethane. The grain shows more clearly in the enlargements.
pen
two views of a rough-turned bowl
bowls
vases
hollow form
two views of a vase --- the extreme difference in color between the two pics is just another example of how difficult it can be to take color-correct pics of wood
burl bowl, top and bottom
same bowl as directly above --- closeup and a pic showing one side of the bowl when first finished then after it had aged. Note the rather startling change in color of the sapwood.
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