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French Robinia allso called false acacia is a thorny timber which is not growed in plantations. It use to be considered as an invasive variety, before its become one of the greatest timber for outdoor layout works. This is the most sustainable french timber.

Sweet chestnut is available in large volumes from french forests and especially in Brittany. This resistant timber full of qualities has a straight mid sized grain.

France is the second world biggest producer of oak timber, which is to be found easyly in our forests. this resistant timber, with regular straight grain is the king of timber for a lot of uses.

Beech is the most common hardwood timber in France after oak. this timber shows a fine, straight grain . I light color varies from whithe grey to light pink, with possible red pith.  After steaming he gets an homogeneous color. Beech is used a lot to manufacture furnitures, and for building projects thanks a higher fire resistance.

Ash is to be recognized with its light color whichvaries from cream white to pale brown. Grain is gross but straight. Ash is resistant thanks long fibres ans very aesthetic.

Poplar is a timber with light color, from white to grey. Wood is soft and light, and shows a fine grain with satiny aspect. After beeing heated to high temperature (without chemical treatment) hi will get a very high durability and stabilité. his color will change to brown.

Douglas, also called Oregon pine, is a softwood which is to be found in Vosges mountains, Massif central (centre of France) and also in Brittany and Limousin (Limoges area). This light pink colored timber has very good mechanical characteristics. Excepted sapwood, this is a very durable timber.

Scots pine, also called "Northern red pine tree" is availaible in large volumes in Europe and France as well, in mountain ranges but also in Normandie, Sologne (Orléans) or the Loire valley.

The logs are straight and allow to get long lengths, in a brown / red color, with straight and fine grain.

This timber is not naturally sustainable but can be treated by autoclave to get a class 4 of use

Its specifications makes of cedar a versatile timber. The size of some logs gives interesting dimensions. The high numbers of knots gives the boards a certain character, but they are sound and not loose what allows a good machining of KD timber.
Physical properties are close to those of Douglas, but with a higher durability and a greater stability. Slightly more "Breakable", this has to be considered by dimensioning structural beams.

Cedar of Labanon is a noble timber used for joiney / furnitures or interior decoration purposes, when Atlas cedar,with larger availability, suits external cladding jobs.

People appreciate its typical smell signature, which helps to chase mites.

Physical specs are quite close to white oak characteristics in terms of density (700 to 740 kg/m3), hardness, mechanical resistance and dimensional stability.

Those specifications makes this timber very suitable for interior joinery : Production of furniture, doors, skirting, paneling, decoration…

It’s durability is however lower than for the white oak, and reaches the class of use 2, excludes using Quercus Rubra for external use, if not treated.