The guide to american hardwood species.
List of hardwood species.
This guide features 20 of the most abundant and most often used hardwood species.
All the red oaks including southern red oak are the most prized hardwood species in the united states.
Most common hardwoods.
The uses of oak include almost everything that mankind has ever derived from trees timber food for man and animals fuel watershed protection shade and beauty tannin and extractives.
Unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species.
In addition to the basics where they grow general description and abundance.
The most common species in north america are oaks maple hickory birch beech and cherry.
From the big leaf maple and white birch to the red alder and trembling aspen bc s hardwood species are used to make such beautiful wood products as flooring cabinetry and furniture as well as musical instruments interior millwork and more.