Alnus rubra

Other names: Red alder, Western red alder, Western alder. Alder is almost white when freshly cut but quickly changes with exposure to air to light brown with a yellow or reddish tinge. Heartwood is formed only in trees of advanced age and there is no visible boundary between sap and heartwood. The wood is fairly straight grained with a uniform texture.

General Information

Uses	Availability	Price
Kitchen cabinets, doors, interior mouldings, turning, carving, and kitchen utensils.	Reasonably available	Moderate.

Relative Working Properties

Machining	Resistance to splitting in nailing	Resistance to splitting in screwing	Gluing
Good	Good	Good	Good

Physical Properties

Specific gravity (12% m.c.)	Average shipping weight kilograms (kg) per cubic metre (m3) air dry	Average volumetric shrinkage (oven dry % of green)	Modulus of rupture (kilopascals)	Modulus of elasticity (megapascals)	Side hardness (newtons)
0.41	449	10.1	9800	9515	2624