Woodzon
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AHEC Europe American Hickory and Pecan
AHEC Europe American Hickory and Pecan
The hickories are an important group within the eastern hardwood forests. Botanically, they are split into two groups; the true hickories, and the pecan hickories (fruit bearing). The wood is virtually the same for both and is usually sold together. The sapwood of hickory and pecan is white, tinged with brown while the heartwood is pale to reddish brown. Both are coarse textured and the grain is usually straight but can be wavy or irregular.
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AHEC Europe American Red Oak
AHEC Europe American Red Oak
The sapwood of red oak is white to light brown and the heartwood is often a pinkish reddish brown. The wood is similar in general appearance to white oak, but with a slightly less pronounced figure due to the smaller rays and a more porous end grain structure. The wood is mostly straight grained with a coarse texture.
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AHEC Europe American Soft Maple
AHEC Europe American Soft Maple
In most respects the wood of soft maple is very similar to that of hard maple, although due to its widespread growth it may be more susceptible to regional colour variations. Generally the sapwood is greyish white, sometimes with darker coloured pith flecks, and the heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. The wood is usually straight grained. The lumber is generally sold unselected for colour.
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AHEC Europe American Sycamore
AHEC Europe American Sycamore
The sapwood of sycamore is white to light yellow, while the heartwood is light to dark brown. The wood has a fine close texture with interlocked grain. It is not related in any way to European sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), but it has the same family classification, and similar characteristics to European plane (Platanus orientalis). Contrasts well with other species.
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AHEC Europe American Tulipwood
AHEC Europe American Tulipwood
The sapwood is creamy white and may be streaked, with the heartwood varying from pale yellowish brown to olive green. The green colour in the heartwood will tend to darken on exposure to UV light and turn brown. The wood has a medium to fine texture and is straight grained. The size of the sapwood and some physical characteristics will vary according to growing regions. The wood has many desirable characteristics and is suitable for a wide variety of important uses. Tulipwood is not a poplar (Populus) and has many superior properties. However the tree resembles the shape of the European poplar, hence its name in the USA.
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AHEC Europe American White Oak
AHEC Europe American White Oak
White oak is similar in colour and appearance to European oak. The sapwood of American white oak is light coloured and the heartwood is light to dark brown. White oak is mostly straight grained with a medium to coarse texture, with longer rays than red oak. White oak, therefore, has more figure.
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AHEC Europe American Willow
AHEC Europe American Willow
The sapwood of willow varies according to growing conditions and is light creamy brown in colour. In contrast, the heartwood is pale reddish brown to greyish brown. The wood has a fine even texture and, although generally straight grained, it can sometimes be interlocked, or display figure.
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AHEC Europe American Yellow Birch
AHEC Europe American Yellow Birch
Yellow birch has a white sapwood and light reddish brown heartwood. The wood is generally straight grained with a fine uniform texture.
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American Softwoods Douglas Fir
American Softwoods Douglas Fir
Straight-grained and moderately heavy, with limited resin, this is one of the most attractive and strongest of the Western softwood species. The wood has a slight rosy cast; the sapwood generally a light straw colour and the heartwood a deep russet brown.
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American Softwoods Eastern White Pine
American Softwoods Eastern White Pine
A creamy straw-colour that will darken with age to a deep rich tan. Available in a wide range of grades and sizes.
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American Softwoods Engelmann Spruce
American Softwoods Engelmann Spruce
Among the lightest of the commercially important softwoods, although strong in relation to weight. It is nearly white, with a reddish tinge, and odourless. Structural framing grades are marketed and sold in the Spruce-Pine-Fir (south) species combination; appearance grades are often marketed in the ES-LP (Engelmann spruce/ Lodgepole pine) combination.
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American Softwoods Hem-Fir
American Softwoods Hem-Fir
A species combination of the five true firs: California Red fir (Abies magnifica), Grand fir (Abies grandis), White fir (Abies concolor), Noble fir (Abies procera) and Pacific Silver fir (Abies amabilis) with Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla). Fine-grained and with interchangeable structural performance, these trees are marketed together as an elegant softwood, classified as a white wood, combining beauty and strength. A very light colour, from creamy white spring wood to a light straw-brown (hemlock) or reddish-brown (firs).