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Pacific Coast Maple
Hardwood Information Center — 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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Prunus serotina
Hardwood Information Center — Like all fruit trees, cherry belongs to the rose family. American Colonists used the cherry tree for its fruit, medicinal properties and home furnishings. They mixed cherry juice with rum to create Cherry Bounce, a bitter but highly favored ...More…
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Hard Maple
Hardwood Information Center — 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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Hickory and Pecan
Hardwood Information Center — 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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Sassafras albidum
Hardwood Information Center — 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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Salix spp.
Hardwood Information Center — 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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Soft Maple
Hardwood Information Center — 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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Liriodendron tulipifera
Hardwood Information Center — 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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Fagus grandifolia
Hardwood Information Center — Known as "Mother of the Forest" for its nutrient-rich humus. Beech has a long, illustrious past. The Aryan Tribes of Asia, the earliest known people to use a written language, carved their messages into the soft, smooth pliable bark of the beech ...More…
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Quercus spp.
Hardwood Information Center — 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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Betula alleghaniensis
Hardwood Information Center — From sap to bark, birch trees are used to make everything from beer to toothpicks. Native Americans stretched birch bark on their canoe frames and used the wood for their arrows. The birch is New Hampshire's state tree. It is also popular as an ...More…
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Taxodium distichum
Hardwood Information Center — Cypress trees are conifers, but unlike most American softwoods, these are deciduous trees that shed foilage in the fall like hardwoods. Although cypress is a softwood, it grows alongside hardwoods and traditionally has been grouped and ...More…