Siberian Elm Wood Grain

Being so young there was very little heartwood formed yet the darker brown wood on the right half with the majority of the wood being sapwood light area on the left half of the scans.

Siberian elm wood grain.

Siberian is mostly heartwood and is generally medium brown. It is considered easy to work with hand and power tools. Yet elm s beautiful wood grain also has fine furniture possibilities. Siberian elm ulmus pumila is a hardwood that is native to eastern asia.

The attractive interlocked grain and nice range of tan to medium brown colors make it ideal for a. If you re going to be working with siberian elm the wood will most likely be able to produce 20 9 million btus. With american elm the btu is going to drop to 20 million. The wood of the hard elms sometimes referred to as rock elm generally range from 41 to 47 lbs ft 3 while soft elms typically have a density from 35 to 38 lbs ft 3.

Elm works well too for butcher block tops and cutting boards because it has no odor or taste and it won t split. Shown below is a piece of lumber from a small tree that was killed by dutch elm disease. Either way both are great as firewood if you re able to get it split and dried completely. The most basic division of elm species is between hard and soft elm.

These grain patterns range from small knots with feathery lines to heavily burled which are much more visible once stain or finish is applied. Hard and soft scans pictures. It is not uncommon for only one in ten logs of siberian elm to have straight grain with the rest having varying degrees of funkiness. Siberian elm is the standout of the two and commonly has small knots that can range from just a couple per board to a birds eye look and even heavily burled.