Bouls Red Oak 70 mm

The red oak has a firm, straight-grained and slightly porous wood, which has a soft reddish colour. On the longitudinal surfaces, sharply separated annual rings and ring-shaped early wood vessels show distinctive drawings or stripes. Radially, the conspicuous mirrors create excellent decorations.

Trade names and other names

German: Roteiche, Zerreiche
 English: Red oak, American red oak, Northern red oak
 French: Chêne rouge, Chêne rouge américain, Chêne rouge d'Amérique
 Italian: Quercia rossa, Rovere rosso
 Spanish: Roble americano, Roble rojo
 Dutch: n.a.
 Portuguese: Carvalho-vermelho-americano, Carvalho-do-norte-vermelha, Carvalho-vermelho-do-norte
 Arabic: n.a.
 Chinese: 红橡

Available thicknesses

32, 52, 60, 70, 80 mm, other thicknesses on request.

Occurrence

The red oak is native to eastern North America and Europe.

Trunk and bark

The Red Oak tree grows to a height of 20 to 25 m and reaches a diameter of 61 to 90 cm.

Characteristics and wood colour

The coarse-pored wood has very wide-lumen vessels. These remain unthyled even after kerning, so that red oak is not suitable for barrel production. Heartwood of red oak is brown to red (pinkish brown) brown to yellow, without colour stripes. The sapwood is clearly contrasting in colour to the heartwood.