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Domestic Hardwoods

Hardwoods of the Pacific Northwest (19 species)

An uptodate look at Northwest hardwoods (two parts)

A background on alder's popularity (two parts)

The Cinderella tree of the Northwest (West Coast red alder)

Western Maple

Oregon Myrtle, smooth & tough

Developing California hardwoods (black oak)

Northeastern Hardwoods (four parts) (yellow birch, hard maple, black cherry, beech, red oak, soft maple, basswood, ash, white birch, yellow poplar)

A background on walnut

Black walnut

General physical properties of Southern hardwoods (16 species)

Working with hardwoods (16 species)

Hickory's looking good (two parts)

Koa: the Royal Hawaiian hardwood

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South American

Some Malayan Hardwoods (two parts) (10 species)

A quartet of related Asian Hardwoods (apitong, gurjun, keruing, yang)

The five species of meranti

Ramin: a commercial light hardwood

Commercial satinwood

The romance of teak (two parts)

Tropical woods from Mexico (cocobolo, goncalo alves, primavera, canalete)

More on tropical woods from Mexico (guanacaste, lingnum vitae, capomo, ebony)

Banak: a mahogany substitute

Cedro: the volatile Latin

The heavyweight and the lightweight 0ignum vitae, balsa)

Two prominent Brazilian hardwoods (rosewood, jacaranda, goncalo alves)

Two varieties of brosimum

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So great is the importance of trees in China. in fact. entire forests in the country have been considered sacred, and foreigners prevented from visiting them.

Similarly, a most revered hardwood is keyaki (Zelkova serrata). With a lustrous, light golden brown heartwood, it is a protected tree which can only be used for the building and maintenance of temples. For centuries,'the wood has been used in temples for carvings and highly polished columns. The highly decorative figured wood features delicate bird's eyes, outlined with fine fringes and distinct rays, which are sliced into treasured decorative veneers.

Although the Chinese use it for decorative purposes, keyaki is a hard, strong, resilient wood, very resistant to insect and fungal attack. It has good steam bending characteristics and works, nails, screws and glues well.

Story at a Glance

China produces a wide range of prized hardwoods. other woods devoted to more general, mostly decorative, uses.

Other China hardwoods are devoted to more general purposes. So called Japanese birch ( Betula maximowicziana) is another hard, tough wood. With a bright yellow-red heartwood, it is fairly straight grained with a fine texture. Characteristics include medium density, stiffness and resistance to shock loads; high bending and crushing strength, and good steam bending.

Unfortunately, the wood tends to dry rapidly and warp, and bind on saws. lt is perishable and liable to attack by fungus and the common furniture beetle. Insect attack may cause pith flecks.

Furniture, interior joinery, upholstery frames, turnery, decorative veneers and flooring are among its USES.

Likewise perishable is sen ( 4carthopanax ricinofolius). The straight grained, greenish-brown hardwood rates poorly in all strength categories. But it works easily and well with