Clicking
any heading in the main data area (at right) will scroll the page back
to this top position.
Use the following links to
jump to the associated section in the main data.
Boring
Carving
Comments
Common Names
Common Uses
Countries of Distribution
Cutting Resistance
Distribution Overview
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
Environmental Profile
Family Name
Grain
Heartwood Color
Kiln Schedules
Mortising
Moulding
Natural Durability
Numerical Data
Odor
Planing
Polishing
Product Sources
References
Regions of Distribution
Routing & Recessing
Scientific Name
Staining
Strength Properties
Texture
Trade Name
Tree Size
Turning
| |
Common Names
Buckeye, Fetid buckeye, Ohio buckeye, Stinking buckeye
Regions of Distribution
North America
Countries of Distribution
[VIEW MAP]
United States
Common Uses
Boxes and crates, Carvings, Pulpwood, Turnery, Woodenware
Environmental Profile
| Status unknown in many of its growth areas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution Overview
Grows in the midwestern US, from southern Michigan south to northern Alabama, western Pennsylvania west to Kansas, Oklahoma, and central Texas. Disjunct populations grwon in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Michigan. Ohio buckeye is a scattered tree of bottomlands, stream banks and other wet to mesic, cool sites; also in oldfields. It does not occur in pure stands, but as scattered individuals. It is shade tolerant and saplings are common in forest understories. Throughout its range, it is now common as a hedgerow species, particularly on limestone-derived soils.
Heartwood Color
The color of the wood is nearly white, with occasional streaks of light gray
Grain
| Even |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Closed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Figure |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Straight |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wavy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rippled (figure) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wavy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Straight |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rippled figure |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ripple figure when cut radially
Texture
Natural Durability
| Perishable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-durable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Very little natural resistance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A fungus disease which attacks the tree can be controlled by spraying and removing all fallen infected leaves and fruits
Odor
| Has an odor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| No specific smell or taste |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| May have a slightly disagreeable smell when green |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kiln Schedules
| 10 - F4 (4/4); T8 - F3 (8/4) U |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Drying Defects
| Checking |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Splitting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Slight checking and cracking |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ease of Drying
| Reconditioning Treatement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Little degrade |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fairly Easy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Little degrade if dried properly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Easy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Air-dries rather well |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tree Size
Product Sources
Commercial quantities of the wood are rather limited, and it is often sold as Buckeye in a mixture with other species. Adequate supplies of ripple-figured, stained buckeye are available for small projects.
Comments
Generally strong and tough for its weight.
Boring
| Fair to good results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fairly easy to very easy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carving
| Fair to Good Results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cutting Resistance
Mortising
| Fair to Good Results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moulding
| Fair to Good Results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Planing
Responds well to all types of tools in most machining operations. Material with spiral grain is rather difficult to split into straight sticks
Routing & Recessing
| Fair to Good Results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Turning
| Fair to Good Results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Polishing
| Very Good to Excellent Results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Smoothed surface can be easily written on |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Excellent results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Staining
| Fair to Good Results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A natural finish has been recommended for wood with discoloration
Strength Properties
| Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerical Data
| Item | Green | Dry | English |
| | | |
| Density | | 32 | lbs/ft3 |
| | | |
| Item | Green | Dry | Metric |
| | | |
References
Boone, R.S., C.J. Kozlik, P.J. Bois and E.M. Wengert. 1988. Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Woods: Temperate and Tropical. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI.
Constantine Jr., A. 1959. Know Your Woods. Revised Edition, 1975. Revised by H.J. Hobbs. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
Kline, M. 1978. Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye. In A Guide to Useful Woods of the World. Flynn Jr., J.H., Editor. King Philip Publishing Co., New York.
Little, E.L. 1980. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees - Eastern Region. Published by Arthur A. Knopf, New York.
|
|
Search
the web for anything relating to wood and forest products.
|
|
Search
the web for anything relating to wood and forest products.
|
|
