High crushing strength. Moderate blunting of tooling. Pre-boring suggested for nailing and screwing. Glues and stains well. Interlocked and irregular grain.
Texture is moderately coarse but even.
Dense, with low bending qualities. Moderate to sever blunting of tooling. Pre-boring suggested for nailing and screwing. Gluing may be difficult due to gum pockets, stains well. Pale pink to reddish-brown.