Western Juniper Lumber ~ “The Eco-friendly Wood”

For years private land owners, BLM, and The US Forest Service have been removing juniper, placing them in piles and burning (not good for the environment). Through our efforts we are now recovering those logs and turning them into the useful products that are in use today.

We are basically harvesting the logs before they arrive or removing the logs from these "trash piles" and recycling them.

So we consider the  juniper products we sell as being manufactured from

Recycled Materials! (very good for the environment)

This milky white to deep reddish-brown wood and has beautifully swirling grain patterns and bands of heartwood mixed with sapwood.

The wood is also quite hard for a softwood. It's around 35% harder than ponderosa pine and is ideally suited for the manufacture of our unique wood products including flooring, decking and furniture.

Western Juniper heartwood is highly durable, and once dried, the wood shrinks and swells less than many other Pacific Northwest species such as Douglas fir, ponderosa pine and western red cedar, as well as most hardwoods.
In fact, Western Juniper has some unique bending properties. After being soaked in hot water, thin wafers can be tied into intricate knots without any hint of splitting.

The wood is aromatic and offers moth-repellant and bug resistant characteristics similar to eastern red cedar which is a closely related species.

Western Juniper is the most rot resistant species of tree in the Pacific Northwest.
In a long term post service life study since 1928, Oregon State University reported Western Juniper to last 30+ years, longer than any other untreated western species.

1. Very Resistant Western Juniper = 1
2. Resistant Redwood = 2
3. Moderately Resistant Western Red cedar = 2
4. Nonresistant Lodgepole Pine = 3-4

Nail Withdrawal Strength

Measured as the amount of force required to pull a nail from the wood.
A low nail withdrawal value would indicate that nails may pop up easily if the wood shrinks or swells or that nailed joints may be excessively weak.
Table values for species other than Western Juniper are estimated using a formula from the USDA’s Wood Handbook.

- Western Juniper 197 psi - Red Alder 124 psi
- Coastal Douglas Fir 184 psi - Ponderosa Pine 117 psi
- Eastern Red cedar 175 psi - Incense Cedar 96 psi

Western Juniper is being used for a wide variety of products, which include: decking, interior paneling, flooring, doors, cabinetry, mouldings, fence posts, rustic furniture, firewood, chips for particle –flake board and animal bedding, small gift items, and more.

"Experience Nature in the Pieces We Create"

Juniper Clip Board (16" x9")  $22.00 ea.