Determa (Ocotea rubra) is native to the Guianas, Trinidad, and the lower Amazon region of Brazil. The heartwood is light reddish brown with a golden sheen and distinct from the dull gray or pale yellowish brown sapwood. The texture is … Continued
Also called white walnut, butternut (Juglans cinerea) grows from southern New Brunswick and Maine west to Minnesota. Its southern range extends into northeastern Arkansas and eastward to western North Carolina. The narrow sapwood is nearly white and heartwood is light … Continued
The three most important species are yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), sweet birch (B. lenta), and paper birch (B. papyrifera). These three species are the source of most birch lumber and veneer. Other birch species of some commercial importance are river … Continued
Although benge (Guibourtia arnoldiana), ehie or ovangkol (Guibourtia ehie), and bubinga (Guibourtia spp.) belong to the same West African genus, they differ rather markedly in color and somewhat in texture. The heartwood of benge is pale yellowish brown to medium … Continued
Only one species of beech, American beech (Fagus grandifolia), is native to the United States. It grows in the eastern one-third of the United States and adjacent Canadian provinces. The greatest production of beech lumber is in the Central and … Continued
American basswood (Tilia americana) is the most important of the native basswood species; next in importance is white basswood (T. heterophylla), and no attempt is made to distinguish between these species in lumber form. In commercial usage, “white basswood” is … Continued
Balau, red balau, and selangan batu constitute a group of species that are the heaviest of the 200 Shorea species. About 45 species of this group grow from Sri Lanka and southern India through southeast Asia to the Philippines. The … Continued
Balata or bulletwood (Manilkara bidentata) is widely distributed throughout the West Indies, Central America, and northern South America. The heartwood of balata is light to dark reddish brown and not sharply demarcated from the pale brown sapwood. Texture is fine … Continued
Aspen is a generally recognized name that is applied to bigtooth (Populus grandidentata) and quaking (P. tremuloides) aspen. Aspen does not include balsam poplar (P. balsamifera) and the other species of Populus that are included in the cottonwoods. In lumber … Continued
Angelique (Dicorynia guianensis) comes from French Guiana and Suriname. Because of the variability in heartwood color between different trees, two forms are commonly recognized by producers. The heartwood that is russet-colored when freshly cut and becomes superficially dull brown with … Continued