Common Name(s): Hairy oak, woolly oak, stringybark sheoak
Scientific Name: Allocasuarina inophloia
Distribution: Eastern Australia
Average Dried Weight: 59.0 lbs/ft3 (945 kg/m3)
Janka Hardness: 2,620 lbf (11,640 N)*
*Estimated hardness based on specific gravity
Comments: Usually a shrub or small tree, hairy oak has unique bark that has given rise to a number of different common names, such as stringybark oak and woolly oak.
Despite its name, hairy oak is not a true oak in the Quercus genus, but is part of the unrelated Allocasuarina genus commonly known as sheoaks.
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Identification: See the article on Hardwood Anatomy for definitions of endgrain features.
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How about an hairy oak axe handle?
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No word now on whether it is for show or for throw.