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| A moderately hard, strong, closed grain, light to red-brown wood, this wood resists warping and checking. It is easy to carve and polish. Grown in the Eastern half of the U.S, sometimes called fruitwood. |
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| A hard, heavy, ring porous hardwood. It has a prominent grain that resembles oak, and a white to light brown color. It can be differentiated from hickory (pecan) which it also resembles, by white dots in the darker summerwood which can be seen with the naked eye. Its burls have a twisted, interwoven figure. |
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| A hard, heavy, close grained hardwood with a light brown or reddish colored heartwood and cream or light sapwood. This wood is often rotary or flat sliced, yielding straight, curly or wavy grain patterns. It can be stained to resemble mahogany or walnut. |
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| A very hard wood with a dark reddish brown color. It is fragrant and close grained. It is hard to work and takes high polish. Used in musical instruments, piano cases, tool handles, art projects, veneers and furniture. |
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| A strong wood, with a uniform pore structure and poorly defined annual rings. It has a reddish - brown color and may display stripe, ribbon, broken stripe, rope, ripple, mottle, fiddleback or blister figures. Crotch figures are widely used and greatly valued. This wood is an excellent carving wood and finishes well. |
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| A wood so hard and resistant to shocks that it is often used for bowling alley floors. Its diffuse evenly sized pores give the wood a fine texture and even grain. A curly grain is often used for violin backs. Burls, leaf figure, and birds-eye figures are used extensively for veneers. |
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| A soft, white or pale yellow wood which is light weight, straight grained and lacks figure. It resists shrinking and swelling. Knotty types of this wood are often used for decorative effect. |
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| A heavy, strong, light colored hardwood. It is ring porous, has prominent rings and large pores which give this wood a course texture and prominent grain. It also has conspicuous medullary rays which can be seen as "flakes" in quarter sawed lumber. |
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| A knotty softwood which has a red-brown color with light streaks. Its aromatic and moth repellent qualities have made it a popular wood for lining drawers, chests and boxes. Simple cases and storage closets are also constructed from this light, brittle wood. |
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| A yellow to dark brown hardwood which is extremely heavy, strong and durable. Often strongly figured, this wood may show straight grain, mottled or fiddleback figures. It carves well, but because of its high value, is often used as a veneer. |
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| A strong, hard and durable wood, without being excessively heavy. It has excellent woodworking qualities, and takes finishes well. The wood is light to dark chocolate brown in color with a straight grain in the trunk. Wavy grain is present toward the roots, large burls are common. |
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