Wood Types
Softwood
Examples:
Cedar
Alder
Pine
Spruce
Application:
Building Components
Furniture
Exterior Cladding
Characteristics:
Faster growth rate with wider grain pattern. This wood is cheaper, dents easier, and more susceptible to expansion and contraction with change in moisture.
Cedar
Pine
Alder
Hardwood
Examples:
Ash
Maple
Walnut
Cherry
Birch
Oak
Mahogany
Application:
High Quality Furniture
Decorative Woodwork
Desks
Flooring
Characteristics:
Slower growth rate and tighter grain pattern. This wood is typically expensive but stronger and less susceptible to expansion and contraction with change in moisture.
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