Plants & Human Affairs (BIOL106)  -  Stephen G. Saupe, Ph.D.; Biology Department, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321; ssaupe@csbsju.edu; http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe

Key to Some Common Types of Wood

1.  Heartwood distinctly reddish to cinnamon- or chocolate- brown

    2.  Heartwood reddish to cinnamon brown, pores small and indistinct . . . . . . . . Black cherry
    2'. Heartwood chocolate-brown, pores readily visible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black walnut

1'.  Heartwood lighter color - white, tan, yellowish

    3.  Wood lightweight, soft

        4.  Resin canals . . . . . . . . . . Pine
        4.'  No resin canals . . . . . . .  Basswood

    3.'  Wood heavy, dense, harder

        5.  Rays indistinct . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birch
        5.' Rays fluctuate in size. . . . . . . . . Maple
 

Last updated:  11/11/2008 / � Copyright  by SG Saupe /