timber from North America

alder

Known also as red alder, Western red alder and Western alder.

Colour: light brown
Properties: soft, stable, good shock resistance and easy to finish
Uses: furniture, doors and panelling

American ash

Known also as northern ash and southern ash.

Colour: white, yellow to dark brown
Properties: hard, stable, good strength properties, excellent shock resistance, easy to finish
Uses: furniture, doors, mouldings, floors

American cottonwood

Known also as eastern cottonwood and eastern poplar.

Colour: white to light brown
Properties: lightweight, soft, low shock resistance
Uses: furniture and mouldings

American gum

Known also as redgum, sweetgum.

Colour: white to light pink
Properties: easy to work, easy to obtain excellent finish, dries rapidly
Uses: furniture, doors, mouldings

cedar

Known also as west red cedar.

Colour: light brown to red brown
Properties: durable and resistant
Uses: furniture, interior finishing elements, parquets, packaging, toys, shipbuilding, finishing of hydraulic devices (jacuzzi)

white oak

Known also as northern white oak and southern white oak.

Colour: whitish, light brown to dark brown
Properties: hard, durable and easy to work with
Uses: furniture, doors, mouldings, floors

red oak

Known also as northern red oak and southern red oak.

Colour: light brown to reddish brown
Properties: hard, durable and easy to work with and good strength properties
Uses: furniture, doors, mouldings, floors

American hard maple

Known also as sugar maple, rock maple and black maple.

Colour: creamy white to light reddish
Properties: heavy, good strength properties, high abrasion resistance
Uses: furniture, doors, mouldings, floors, food related items

American tulipwood

Known also as yellow poplar, tulip poplar and canary whitewood.

Colour: creamy white to pale yellow or brown (sometimes green or purple) [the wood darkens with time on exposure to UV light]
Properties: excellent strength, low density, good shock resistance and stiffness, medium steam-bending capability, easy to finish and stain
Uses: furniture, mouldings, carving, panells, doors, CLT

American walnut

Known also as black walnut.

Colour: creamy white to light brown and dark brown
Properties: tough, hard, low stiffness [good steam bending classification]
Uses: furniture, doors, floors, panells