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RIVER RED GUM
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Eucalyptus camaldulensis of the family Myrtaceae.
This is an Australian wood, a member of the Eucalyptus family, and is not to be confused with "red gum" which is the heartwood of an American tree that is not related to River Red Gum. Also, this is sometimes incorrectly called "red river" gum, which is linguistically a completely different phrase. That is, "red river gum" would imply either (1) a gum species that grows next to the Red River, and to the best of my knowledge there is no such wood, or (2) a type of "river gum" specially know as the red type, which is not what this is. "River red gum" is a type of red gum that grows next to rivers.
I've seen a fair amount of variation in this wood and given the vast array of eucalyptus species, I find it surprizing that there is only one species listed for this common name. Quite unusual for Australian woods, which often have several Eucalyptus species associated with any given common name.
as benefits a major natural resource of a country, river red gum has its own stamp in Australia
my samples --- colors are accurate throughout
both sides of a long plank that I cut in half and then sanded on one half. It has a light patina on the upper piece, which I left alone, and is freshly sanded on the lower piece.
closeup of the pic directly above
both sides of a small plank cut from the larger one directly above and sanded down on the raw side. The upper pic shows the side with the patina.
side grain of the piece directly above
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR
flooring sample that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that has enriched, but not deepened, the color. This piece was sanded down and is shown raw directly below
flooring sample and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR
flooring sample that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that has enriched, but not deepened, the color. This piece was sanded down and is shown raw directly below
flooring sample and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR
flooring sample that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that has enriched, but not deepened, the color. This piece was sanded down and is shown raw directly below
flooring sample and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR
flooring sample that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that has enriched, but not deepened, the color. This piece was sanded down and is shown raw directly below
flooring sample and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR
flooring sample that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that has enriched, but not deepened, the color. This piece was sanded down and is shown raw directly below
flooring sample and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR
flooring sample that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that has enriched, but not deepened, the color. This piece was sanded down and is shown raw directly below
flooring sample and end grain ---the curl on this piece is even more pronounced on the wood that it is in the pic, and it was even MORE pronounced when the wood had the finishing agent, as show directly above.
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
web pics
planks
mottled plank
figured plank --- both sides and a closeup
knife handle scales --- color and grain are both weird, so this may have been mis-labled (river red gum is a Eucalyptus species and this is probably some OTHER Eucaluptus species)
quartersawn
burls
platter, jar, and vase, the platter apparently made from a burl
bowls --- the color in that yellow one is suspect
burl bowls
burl platters
clock and lecturn, both from river red gum
tables made from river red gum
bench
goblets
flooring and closeup
flooring, undoubtedly with a finishing agent that has considerably darkened and enriched the color
railroad ties