Available Wood Species and Descriptions
White Ash
The sapwood is light-colored to nearly white and the heart wood varies from grayish or light brown, to pale yellow streaked with brown. The wood is generally straight-grained with a coarse uniform texture.
Basswood
The sapwood of basswood is usually quite large and creamy white in color, merging into the heart wood which is pale to reddish brown, sometimes with darker streaks. The wood has a fine uniform texture and indistinct grain that is straight.
Yellow Birch
Yellow birch has a white sapwood and light reddish brown heart wood. The wood is generally straight-grained with a fine uniform texture. Generally characterized by a plain and often curly or wavy pattern.
Cherry
The heart wood of cherry varies from rich red to reddish brown and will darken with age and on exposure to light. In contrast, the sapwood is creamy white. The wood has a fine uniform, straight grain, satiny, smooth texture, and may naturally contain brown pith flecks and small gum pockets.
Hard Maple
The sapwood is creamy white with a slight reddish brown tinge and the heart wood varies from light to dark reddish brown. Both sapwood and heart wood can contain pith fleck. The wood has a close fine, uniform texture and is generally straight-grained, but it can also occur as "curly," "fiddle back," and "birds-eye" figure.
Soft Maple
In most respects soft maple is very similar to hard maple. Generally the sapwood is grayish white, sometimes with darker colored pith flecks. The heart wood varies from light to dark reddish brown. The wood is usually straight-grained. The lumber is generally sold unselected for color.
Red Oak
The sapwood of red oak is white to light brown and the heart wood is a pinkish reddish brown. The wood is similar in general appearance to white oak, but with a slightly less pronounced figure due to the smaller rays. The wood is mostly straight-grained, with a coarse texture.