allocasuarina verticillta, Casuarinaceae, Angiospermae (Hardwood)

Chatoyance was measured by the chatometry.com team using the PZC method. The statistics for this specific timber are hereby summarized to provide an evaluation of data robustness:
Number of sources for samples: 2
Number of individual trees analyzed: 2
Number of specimens: 4
Number of measurements: 12
Max PZC read (of all measurements): 9.7
Min PZC read (of all measurements): 5.9
Max PZC average on one log: 7.7
Min PZC average on one log: 7.0
PZC Average of all logs: 7.4
Species: allocasuarina verticillta
Family: Casuarinaceae
Clade: Angiospermae
Description: Allocasuarina verticillata (Drooping Sheoak) is a small to medium-sized tree recognized by its distinctive long, slender, drooping, dark green, needle-like branchlets (cladodes) that perform photosynthesis, replacing true leaves which are reduced to tiny scales. It produces small, woody, egg-shaped cones.
Pictures – each from a different individual tree:


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