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
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