Red Hardwood Species

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.

Red hardwood species. Cabinetry furniture interior trim flooring and veneer. For optimal image quality view on a high resolution monitor. All the red oaks including southern red oak are the most prized hardwood species in the united states. Most common hardwoods.

Alder red ash black ash white aspen quaking basswood american beech american birch yellow white buckeye yellow butternut cherry black chestnut american chinkapin giant cucumbertree elm american hackberry hickory shagbark holly american kentucky coffeetree locust black locust honey maple bigleaf maple red maple. The most common species in north america are oaks maple hickory birch beech and cherry. Blue ridge hardwood flooring red oak natural 3 4 in. Some manufacturers of hardwood flooring offer collection of both varieties some only work with yellow birch.

Red oak is hard and heavy with medium bending strength and stiffness and high crushing strength. This wood species is not listed in the cites appendices or on the iucn red list of threatened species. The guide to american hardwood species. This guide features 20 of the most abundant and most often used hardwood species.

As a resource american hardwoods are abundant renewing and sustainable and an excellent choice for eco effective design and building. We have over 250 species of woods and more than 9 000 hand curated selections offering hobbiests craftworkers and designers countless options to match any project or style. Case 4 49 sq. Main uses furniture flooring architectural millwork and moulding doors kitchen cabinets paneling and caskets.

Red birch refers to the heartwood stock of the birch tree which is generally a golden brown color with some red undertones. Yellow birch and red birch flooring. Unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species. Red cedar eastern red cedar juniperus virginiana western red cedar thuja plicata coast redwood sequoia sempervirens rimu dacrydium cupressinum spruce picea norway spruce picea abies black spruce picea mariana red spruce picea rubens sitka spruce picea sitchensis white spruce picea glauca sugi cryptomeria japonica white cedar.

The species birch can be broken down into two varieties of hardwood flooring. Thick x 5 in. We have the largest selection of rare hardwoods from around the world. Even many vinyl imitation wood surfaces are.