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.

Ash

Cherry

Mahogany

Maple

Birch

Walnut

Oak

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