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The reddish-brown streaks so common in hickory and certain other woods are mostly the result of injury by birds. The discoloration is merely an indication of an injury, and in all probability does not of itself affect the properties of the wood. Certain rot-producing fungi impart to wood characteristic colors which thus become symptomatic of ...
Hardwood. Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. [ 1] In temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen. Hardwood (which comes from angiosperm trees) contrasts with softwood (which is from gymnosperm trees).
Mahogany also resists wood rot, making it attractive in boat construction and outdoor decking. It is a tonewood , [ 47 ] often used for musical instruments, particularly the backs, sides and necks of acoustic guitars, electric guitar bodies, [ 48 ] and drum shells because of its ability to produce a very deep, warm tone compared to other ...
Oak timber is a strong and hard wood with many uses, such as for furniture, floors, building frames, and veneers. [70] The wood of a red oak Quercus cerris (the Turkey oak) has better mechanical properties than those of the white oaks Q. petraea and Q. robur ; the heartwood and sapwood have similar mechanical properties . [ 71 ]
Balsam fir ( Abies balsamea) Silver fir ( Abies alba) Noble fir ( Abies procera) Pacific silver fir ( Abies amabilis) Hemlock ( Tsuga ) Eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis) Mountain hemlock ( Tsuga mertensiana) Western hemlock ( Tsuga heterophylla) Huon pine, Macquarie pine ( Lagarostrobos franklinii)
Rosewood. A classic rosewood surface ( Dalbergia nigra) Rosewood is any of a number of richly hued hardwoods, often brownish with darker veining, but found in other colours. [ 1] It is hard, tough, strong, and dense. True rosewoods come from trees of the genus Dalbergia, but other woods are often called rosewood.
Lignum vitae ( / ˈlɪɡnəm ˈvaɪti, - ˈviːtaɪ / [1]) is a wood, also called guayacan or guaiacum, [2] and in parts of Europe known as Pockholz or pokhout, from trees of the genus Guaiacum. The trees are indigenous to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America (e.g., Colombia and Venezuela) and have been an important export crop ...
Teak is a large deciduous tree up to 40 m (131 ft) tall with grey to greyish-brown branches, known for its high-quality wood. Its leaves are ovate-elliptic to ovate, 15–45 cm (5.9–17.7 in) long by 8–23 cm (3.1–9.1 in) wide, and are held on robust petioles which are 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) long. Leaf margins are entire.
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