COMMON NAMES:   Gum, American Red Gum, redgum, sweetgum (the white sapwood is sold as sapgum)

SPECIFIC GRAVITY:   .46

DENSITY:  

TANGENTIAL MOVEMENT:   10.2%

RADIAL MOVEMENT:   5.3%

VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE:   15.8%

DURABILITY1:   Poor

SOURCE:  Southeastern U.S.

DESCRIPTION:   Moderately hard and strong. Density and appearance similar to cherry. Machines cleanly and finishes well; stability only fair. Heartwood reddish brown, sometimes beautifully figured with dark pigmented markings. Sapwood a rather non-descript off-white.

1 Durability refers to a wood's resistance to rotting in wet environments.