Hardwood Lumber IV

Taxodium distichum

"Sinkers" are logs that would not float and were buried for years in the soft muddy

bottoms of rivers, lakes, swamps and bayous. Some "Sinkers" broke away from the log packs being floated down the river to sawmills. In Louisiana, thousands of Cypress trees were claimed by the shifting currents of the Mississippi River and many trees were felled by hurricanes along the Gulf Coast.

"Sinkers" buried in the muddy bottoms are located by divers who tie a cable to the exposed end of the logs. Logs are then pulled aboard a barge. The sapwood has rotted away but the resin of the heartwood has left the "Sinker"

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wood well preserved. The heartwood cells of old Cypress trees are filled with a resin termed "Cypressence."" Cypressence" gives the heartwood its deep reddish-brown color and makes the heartwood repel moisture and its oily substance prohibits the growth of rot-inducing fungi. "Sinker" Cypress is an excellent exterior wood with a natural color that resembles Teak and is often termed Dead Head Cypress.

450-4041-00 4/4	Selects and Better
450-4041-00-12 4/4 x 12"	Selects and Better
450-404W-00 4/4 x 14"	and Wider Selects and Better
450-4048-00 4/4	Selects and Better, Quarter Sawn
450-5041-00 5/4	Selects and Better
450-6041-00 6/4	Selects and Better
450-8041-00 8/4	Selects and Better

Yellow Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Cypress Timber

Hogan Hardwoods & Moulding is one of the nations largest suppliers of fresh cut, rough Cypress timbers. Cypress timbers are available in thickness up 18" widths up to 18" and lengths up to 32'. Call for pricing and availability. We also can furnish Fir and Western Cedar timbers.

This is the same species as "Sinker" Cypress. Cypress growing in the "uplands" and younger Cypress trees are termed Yellow Cypress. Yellow Cypress does not share the weather and rot resistance with "Sinker" Cypress.

Pecky Cypress is valued by architects for rustic wall paneling, wood ceilings and other special woodwork projects. Pecky Cypress has elongated pits of cavities. These "pecks" are caused by a peculiar fungus that attacks certain trees. The fungus attack ceases when the lumber is cut and kiln dried.

All Cypress trees are classified as softwoods.

425-4041-00 4/4	Selects and Better, RW&L
425-4044-00 4/4 x 4"	Selects and Better
425-4045-00 4/4 x 6"	Selects and Better
425-4046-00 4/4 x 8"	Selects and Better
425-4047-00 4/4 x 10"	Selects and Better
425-4048-00 4/4 x 12"	Selects and Better
425-4545-00 4/4	Pecky, RW&L
425-4242-00 4/4	#2 Common, RW&L
425-4244-00 4/4 x 4"	#2 Common
425-4245-00 4/4 x 6"	#2 Common
425-4246-00 4/4 x 8"	#2 Common
425-4247-00 4/4 x 10"	#2 Common
425-4248-00 4/4 x 12"	#2 Common
425-5041-00 5/4	Selects and Better, RW&L
425-5242-00 5/4	#2 Common, RW&L
425-6041-00 6/4	Selects and Better, RW&L
425-6242-00 6/4	#2 Common, RW&L
425-8041-00 8/4	Selects and Better, RW&L
425-8242-00 8/4	#2 Common, RW&L

Edinam

Entandrophragma angolense

New Products

Edinam (pronounced eddie-nam) is purchased directly from sawmills in the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Congo and Cameroun by Hogan Hardwoods International. Edinam's color is a dark reddish brown. The wood works easily with both hand a and machine tools but tends to tear during planing or moulding due to the interlocked grain unless the cutting angle is reduced to 15º. Edinam is also known as Tiama.

Quarter Sawn
4/4 Select and Better	-


	All lumber listings are sold random widths and lengths unless otherwise specified
	All lumber listing are Kiln Dried, Rough unless otherwise specified