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Sweetbay
Sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana)

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Common names: Magnolia, Swamp magnolia, Swampbay, Sweetbay

Distributed in: United States (North America)

Distribution overview: The range of sweetbay extends chiefly along the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains from Long Island south through New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylavania to southern Florida, west to eastern Texas, and north into southern Arkansas and southwest Tennessee.Sweetbay is most abundant in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. Magnolia virginiana performs well in a wide range of soil conditions from wet to slightly dry. It is common in moist, acid soils close to wet places such as ponds, streams, and cutover lands. Although Magnolia virginiana is a swamp or bog tree, it will grow well in fertile, moist well drained soils. It is found mostly in full sunlight to partial shade elevation. Magnolia virginiana occurs to about 200 meters in elevation.

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Building materials, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Interior construction, Interior trim, Kitchen cabinets, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Packing cases, Paneling , Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rustic furniture, Stools, Tables , Trimming, Turnery, Utility furniture, Veneer, Wainscotting, Wardrobes

Environment profile: Generally secure within its natural habitat

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 300-350 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureStright and closed and the lusterSatin-like luster

Natural durability: Sapwood is vulnerable to attack by furniture beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: T8 - D3 (8/4) US

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Tangential shrinkage is large during air-seasoning

Comments: Contains mineral deposits that do not interfere with its working properties Popular as ornamental tree because of attractive flower and leaves The heartwood is dark and hard preferrable for furniture

Blunting Effect: Small effect

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Carves well in dry condition

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Good moulding properties

Movement in Service: Good moulding properties

Nailing: Good nailing properties, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Good response

Routing recessing: Generally good

Sanding: Poor to Very Poor Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Good

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Very good

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,42 0,52
Density 544 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight 897 528 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 34 lbs/ft3
Specific Gravity 0.42 0.52
Weight 56 33 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 12 %

Weight = medium
Density = high

Boone, R.S., C.J. Kozlik, P.J. Bois and E.M. Wengert. 1988. Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Woods: Temperate and Tropical. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-57, Madison, Wisconsin.Ecological Timber Company, Personal Communication, 1993.Kaiser, Jo-Ann.Wood of the Month: Magnolia - Lovely Magnolias are Older than Man.Wood & Wood Products, July 1987. Page 68.Lincoln, W.A. World Woods in Color. Linden Publishing Co. Inc., Fresno, California.Little, E.L.1980.The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees - Eastern Region.Published by Arthur A. Knopf, New York.Panshin, A.J. and C. deZeeuw. 1980. Textbook of Wood Technology, 4th Edition. McGraw-Hill Series in Forest Resources. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.USDA. 1987. Wood Handbook:Wood as an Engineering Material. Agriculture Handbook No. 72. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Madison, Wisconsin.
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