COMMON NAMES:   Alaskan yellow cedar, Alaskan cedar, yellow cedar

SPECIFIC GRAVITY:   0.50

DENSITY:  31 lbs./cu.ft.

TANGENTIAL MOVEMENT:   6%

RADIAL MOVEMENT:   2.8%

VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE:   9.2%

DURABILITY1:   Very good

SOURCE:  Alaskan yellow cedar grows on the Pacific Coast of North America from Alaska to southern Oregon

DESCRIPTION:   Alaskan yellow cedar is pale yellow in color. Strong odor when freshly cut, becoming faint upon drying. Stable, moderately strong for a softwood species, stiff for its weight. Works easily, taking a good finish with hand and machine tools. Due to its strong decay resistance, it is well suited to the manufacture of boats, oars and paddles. Burl wood is rare and strikingly lustrous, with tight burl figure.

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