List Of Hardwoods With Pictures

Wood products are known for their natural beauty but when selecting a type of wood for your next cabinetry flooring furniture or millwork project it is important to also consider the level of durability by understanding the difference between wood types.

List of hardwoods with pictures.

It has been designed to serve both the amateur and experienced person in identifying unknown wood specimens. Following is a list of common hardwoods and their characteristics. In the process of identifying wood things can get a bit overwhelming when faced with the hundreds and hundreds of possible species yet in the context of everyday woods that most people in the united states or canada are likely to encounter the list of possible woods is usually much shorter. Lbs ft3 kg m3 janka hardness.

The wood from hardwood trees tends to be harder because the trees grow at a slower rate giving the wood its greater density. Most common hardwoods unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species. If you can try to buy wood from a sustainable forest commercial tree farms that ensure the supply of the wood. The wood shop inc everything for the home woodworker since 1983 domestic and exotic hardwoods price per bft or sqft surfaced two sides most fas grade all 1 8 1 4 3 8 1 2 3 4 sold by the sqft all sizes over 1 sold by the bft all prices subject to change with out notice minimum order is 1 sqft bft we may round up or down to match an in.

Southwestern australia average dried weight. Hardwoods casuarinaceae allocasuarina decussata common name s. Karri oak scientific name. Despite its name this species is related to neither karri eucalyptus.

Wood hardness chart species alphabetical hardness species by hardness hardness mahogany honduran 800 padauk 1725 mahogany santos 2200 tabaccowood 1750 maple hard north american 1450 rosewood bolivian 1780 maple ivory 1500 bamboo carbonized 1800 maple soft 999 hickory 1820 merbau 1925 pecan 1820 mesquite 2345 yellowheart 1820. Check out the national hardwood lumber association for ways to support sustainable forestry. Over the years i began fielding questions from a more diverse audience worldwide including wood workers carpenters sawmill managers historical societies and archeologists. Lbf n estimated hardness based on specific gravity shrinkage.

For this reason i decided to revise and expand this site. All photos are copyright 2006 2017 by james griffin and griffin exotic wood note that blanks may vary in size up to 1 8 from the stated size. Most but not all hardwoods are deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year. Be sure to order a rough size at least 1 4 larger than your finished size.

You can easily identify a hardwood from a conifer.