Height to:	35 m	Diameter to:	1.5 m
Weight:	Seasoned (12%m.c.) approx. 640 kg/cu.m.	Bark:	Hard, furrowed, grey to very dark grey
Wood Colour:	Golden brown to dark brown	Flowers:	Whitish pale yellow. September to December
Texture:	Usually straight but sometimes interlocked grain. Even texture
Adult Leaves:	Greyish green. Narrow-ovate or almost straight. 8-20 cm long.

Blackwood, one of the largest of the Australian 'Wattles' is usually found as an understorey species to the large eucalypt forests of the cool, moist temperate regions but does grow in pure stands especially in north-west Tasmania. The main source of Blackwood timber is from the 'Blackwood swamps' of north-west Tasmania where the tree grows quite profusely.

It has been used in high quality furniture production since the days of the early settler English craftsmen and many examples of their work can still be seen today. Because of its colour, grain, character, durability, working facility and strength to weight ratio, it is an ideal medium for fine furniture making and some experts reckon it is one of the best furniture timbers in the world.

Aborigines used the bark as a fish poison and roasted bark as a treatment for rheumatism.