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Salix spp.
Hardwood Manufacturers — Principal commercial areas are the Middle and Southern states, along the Mississippi River. Average tree height is usually no taller than 30 to 40 feet. Furniture, mouldings and millwork, paneling, doors, sports equipment, kitchen utensils and ...More…
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Quercus spp.
Hardwood Manufacturers — White oak is impervious to liquids, and has been used extensively for ship timbers, barrels and casks. White oak is the state tree of Connecticut, Illinois and Maryland. Widespread throughout the Eastern U.S. The white oak group comprises many ...More…
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Juglans nigra
Hardwood Manufacturers — The roots of the walnut tree release a toxic material which may kill other plants growing above them. From the time of ancient Greeks until well into modern European history, walnuts symbolized fertility and were strewn at weddings. Just the ...More…
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Platanus occidentalis
Hardwood Manufacturers — Throughout Eastern U.S. Average tree height is 60 to 125 feet with peeling outer bark and a smooth, mottled cream, tan and green inner bark resembling camouflage. Furniture, furniture parts (drawer sides), millwork, paneling and mouldings, ...More…
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Soft Maple
Hardwood Manufacturers — Throughout Eastern U.S., and to a lesser extent on the West Coast (bigleaf maple). Average tree height is 60 to 80 feet. Furniture, paneling and millwork, kitchen cabinets, mouldings, doors, musical instruments, and turnings. Soft maple is often ...More…
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Sassafras albidum
Hardwood Manufacturers — Sporadically distributed throughout the Eastern U.S. Height varies with region: southern trees generally grow tallest with average heights of 80 feet. Furniture, millwork and mouldings, windows, doors and door frames and kitchen ...More…
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Quercus spp.
Hardwood Manufacturers — The Latin name for oak, Quercus, means "a fine tree." The oaks have been key in America's industrial transformation: railroad ties, wheels, plows, looms, barrels and, of course, furniture and floors. The oak is the state tree of New ...More…
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Liriodendron tulipifera
Hardwood Manufacturers — Yellow poplar trees grow taller than any other U.S. hardwood species and they are members of the magnolia family. The bark, leaves, flowers, fruit and roots contain pharmaceuticals. Poplar is the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky and ...More…
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Pacific Coast Maple
Hardwood Manufacturers — Principally in the Pacific Northwest, where it is an abundant commercial hardwood. Average height is 60 ft. It grows scattered or in small groves. The PC Maple is very fast growing; it is the second most abundant species of hardwood trees. PC ...More…
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Hickory and Pecan
Hardwood Manufacturers — Its name is an English contraction of the Native American "powcohicora." In Eastern North America, it survived the catastrophic changes of the Glacial Epoch, some 50 million years ago. Thus, it is the first strictly American hardwood species. .. ...More…
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Hard Maple
Hardwood Manufacturers — The hard maple is the state tree of Wisconsin, Vermont, New York and West Virginia. In the North, during the cold nights and warm days of late winter, the sugar maple is tapped for its sucrose-containing sap, the source of maple syrup. It may ...More…
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Celtis occidentalis
Hardwood Manufacturers — Furniture and kitchen cabinets, millwork, doors and mouldings. Historically, most Southern church pews were made of hackberry. It often is used for farm implements as well as crates and boxes. Hackberry is closely related to sugarberry (Celtis ...More…