Build with timbers summary

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Step 3: Select a timber

Timber fact sheet

Above-ground:

In-ground:

Environment:

Exposed

Target design life (years):

Standard trade name	blackwood
Botanical name	Acacia melanoxylon
Synonyms	NA
Origin	Queensland-north, Queensland-central, Queensland-south, Australia
Schedule	Schedule B
Hardwood	Yes
Density (kg/m3)	640
Durability above-ground	(3)
Durability in-ground	3
Hardness	F
Joint dry (JD)	JD3
Joint green (JG)	J3
Strength dry (SD)	(SD4)
Strength green (SG)	(S3)
Bushfire resisting	No
Lyctine susceptibility	(SL)
Termite resistance	NR
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