Description
Shatterwood is a small to medium size tree, occasionally reaching 30 metres in height and a 80 cm in trunk diameter. The tree's crown appears dark and attractive.
The trunk of Backhousia sciadophora is cylindrical, and often flanged or buttressed at the base. Shatterwood is so named because of the brittle nature of the timber.
The bark is grey or fawn, rough with short fibres, finely vertically fissured, shedding in narrow scales. The bark structure appears to consist of numerous paper like layers.
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