Black Walnut

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What wood is that?
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Black Walnut
The roots of this tree release a toxic material
which may kill other plants growing above them.
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White Oak
Is impervious to liquids, and has been used
extensively for ship timbers, barrels, and
casks.
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Ash
Norse mythology refers to this wood as the
mighty tree that supports the heavens and
below earth its roots went down to hell.

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Aspen

• Does not split when nailed
• Machines easily with a slightly fuzzy surface
• It takes paint and stain well to produce a good
  finish

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Beech
Known as "Mother of the Forest" for its
nutrient-rich humus.
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Cherry
Like all fruit trees, this wood belongs to the
rose family and was used as early as 400 B.C. by
the Greeks and Romans for furniture making.
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Cottonwood
This wood is relatively light in weight,soft, and
weak in bending and compression, and low in shock
resistance. It has no odor or taste when dry.
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Hickory
The Wright Brothers whittled this wood for their
"flying contraption." The sawdust and chips are
used to flavor meat by smoking.
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Hard Maple

• This wood is tapped for its sucrose-containing
  sap.
• Early settlers used its ashes to make soap.

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Poplar

• Grows taller than any other U.S. hardwood
  species.
• Are members of the magnolia family.
• The bark, leaves, flowers, fruit and roots
  contain pharmaceuticals

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Soft Maple
This wood is similar to hard maple. Generally the
sapwood is greyish white, sometimes with darker
colored pith flecks. The heartwood varies from
light to dark reddish brown. The wood is usually
straight-grained.
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Red Elm
Has a greyish white to light brown narrow
sapwood, with heartwood that is reddish brown to
dark brown in color. The wood has an interlocked
coarse texture.
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Red Oak
The Latin name for this wood, Quercus, means "a
fine tree.
The wood is similar in general appearance to
white oak, but with a slightly less pronounced
figure due to the smaller rays. The wood is
mostly straight-grained, with a coarse texture.
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Yellow Birch
From sap to bark, these trees are used to make
everything from beer to toothpicks. Native
Americans stretched its bark on their canoe
frames and used the wood for their arrows.