| These wood grain and color samples are meant to give you a general idea of what the different species of wood look like. Every piece is unique. Grain patterns and colors will vary. Not all of these choices are available with every product. |
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 | Alder (Red Alder)
Latin name: Alnus Rubra
Qualities: Select Alder is moderately light and ranges in color from white to tan and can have a pinkish-brown tinge. Its straight-grained pattern is similar to Cherry. Select Alder has a fine, uniform texture. Medium density that features a color range of light brown with reddish or peach hues. Natural characteristics include small sound knots, modular rays, curly grains, pin holes, and mineral streaks. This fairly straight-grained hardwood has a uniform texture and is often chosen for its color stability.
Hardness: Soft
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 | Knotty Alder (Red Alder)
Latin name: Alunus Rubra
Qualities: Knotty Alder is moderately light and ranges in color from white to tan and can have a pinkish-brown tinge. Knotty Alder has a rugged, knotty appearance. Knots vary in size and distribution from tight, closed knots to split, open knots.
Hardness: Soft
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 | European Beech
Latin name: Fagus Sylvatica
Qualities: European Beech is light brown with a pinkish hue. European Beech is very smooth with consistent and closed grain. European Beech takes stain well and is ideal for contemporary applications.
Hardness: Hard |
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 | Latin name: Prunus Serotina
Qualities: Cherry ranges in color from light to medium reddish-brown. Cherry has a smooth texture with a straight, fine grain pattern. Cherry may contain small dark gum spots which add interest to the grain. Cherry is especially sensitive to light and will darken and redden with exposure to light. It is medium weight, moderately hard, stiff, and strong.
Hardness: Hard |
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 | Douglas Fir (Clear Vertical Grain)
Latin name: Pseudotsuga Menziesii
Qualities: Douglas Fir ranges in color from yellowish-tan to light brown. Douglas Fir has a straight grain pattern which may contain some waves or spirals. It has a medium to coarse texture.
Hardness: Medium |
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 | Hickory
Latin name: Carya Glabra
Qualities: Hickory ranges in color from cream to pinkish-brown and white to chocolate
brown. This wood has characteristic depressions, mineral streaks, and random knots that
are naturally occurring and add to the woods appeal. Hickory has a slightly coarse texture with a straight to wavy grain pattern. Hickory is extremely, tough, and resilient. Hickory is a dense, heavy wood with both closed and open wood grain. This wood has characteristic depressions, mineral streaks, and random knots that are naturally occurring and add to the woods appeal. The combination of its hardness, strength, toughness, and stiffness are unmatched by any other hardwood.
Hardness: Hard
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 | Mahogany (African Mahogany)
Latin name: Khaya Ivorensis
Qualities: Mahogany varies in color from light to medium dark reddish-brown. Mahogany has a medium texture with a straight to irregular grain pattern. Mahogany tends to lighten with age and exposure to sunlight.
Hardness: Medium |
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 | White Maple (Sugar Maple)
Latin name: Acer Saccharum
Qualities: White Maple is near white in color with a trace of reddish-brown. The heartwood is usually light reddish but sometimes considerably darker.The sapwood is commonly white with a slight reddish-brown tinge. It has a smooth texture with a straight to wavy grain pattern. White Maple may contain dark mineral streaks which are caused by mineral absorption from the soil. It Has a fine, uniform texture that is heavy, strong, stiff, hard, and resistant to shock and has high shrinkage. It is very hard and close-grained. Great wood for applications requiring hardness. It has tight grain, pigment type stains don't soak into the wood, except where there is a spot with more open grain, it tends to absorb stain unevenly which leads to a blotchy look.
Hardness: Hard
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 | White Oak
Latin Name: Querqus Alba
Qualities: White Oak is mostly straight-grained with a medium to coarse texture. White Oak tends to have longer rays than Red Oak. It has fewer distinctive marks than other species. It is a strong, open-grained wood that ranges in color from light tan to brown heartwood and creamy white to gray sapwood. It is sometimes streaked with
green, yellow, and black mineral deposits that may contain knots and wild grain veins that are natural characteristics in the wood. Takes a finish well.
Hardness: Hard |
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 | Quartersawn oak gets its name from how the log was oriented
when the lumber was sawn. Unique grain patterns are produced by quartering the log
then cutting the quarter using the heart as the edge rather than the center. The
distinguishing characteristics of Quarter Sawn are the rays or flecks that appear in
random patterns across the grain of the wood. These rays can give the appearance of
tiger stripes. |
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 | Red Oak
Latin name: Querqus Rubra
Qualities: Red Oak varies in color from reddish-tan to medium brown. It is sometimes streaked with green, yellow, and black mineral deposits that may contain knots and wild grain veins that are natural characteristics in the wood. It has prominent, open grain patterns ranging from tight and vertical to arched or "cathedral." Red Oak lacks the patterning and figuring found in White Oak. Red Oak has a medium to coarse texture and is a strong, open-grained wood that takes a finish well.
Hardness: Hard |
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 | Quartersawn oak gets its name from how the log was oriented
when the lumber was sawn. Unique grain patterns are produced by quartering the log
then cutting the quarter using the heart as the edge rather than the center. The
distinguishing characteristics of Quarter Sawn are the rays or flecks that appear in
random patterns across the grain of the wood. These rays can give the appearance of
tiger stripes. |
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 | Clear Pine (Sugar Pine)
Latin name: Pinus lambertiana
Qualities: Clear Pine is pale tan with hues of red and peach. Its grain is open and straight and it has a fine texture. Clear Pine may have some pin knots, but does not have as many knots as Knotty Pine. The species ambers (yellows) with time.
Hardness: Soft
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 | Pine (Knotty, Eastern White Pine)
Latin name: Pinus Strobus
Qualities: Knotty Pine is typically selected for its rustic appearance. It is pale tan with hues of red and peach and has a fine, open-grained texture. Knots are tight and close together. The species ambers (yellows) with time. It is a soft wood that ranges in color from vanilla to brown with a reddish hue, is light in weight, and contains sound ornamental knots that vary in size, shape, and color. It has a relatively subdued grain pattern. Due to its particularly soft and porous nature, it is not receptive to darker stain colors.
Hardness: Soft
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 | Poplar
Latin name: Populus Balsamifera
Qualities: Poplar is light in color, but contains dramatic color variation and streaking. Poplar is smooth, but exhibits more grain texture than woods like Maple. Paint grade poplar is best suited for paint finishes.
Hardness: Soft |
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 | Walnut (Black Walnut)
Latin name: Juglans Nigra
Qualities: Walnut is known for its distinctive color variation, from the nearly white sapwood to the heartwood that is deep, dark brown to purplish-black in color. It has a slightly coarse texture with mostly straight and open grain, but may have burls or waves. Walnut produces a greater variety of figure types than other species. It is heavy, hard, strong, stiff, and has good resistance to shock. Has hard surface, and beautiful color and grain. Easiest woods to finish. Well suited for natural finishes. Dark heartwood makes it very distinctive.
Hardness: Hard
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