Specification on:
Oak
Maple
Basswood
Birch
Soft Pines
Hard Pines |
Eastern White Pine
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Microscope of
Wood
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Average
Specific Gravity: 0.35
Odor: Pleasant Piney
Heartwood Color: distinct, darkening with age
Grain Appearance: Fairly Even
Earlywood/Latewood Transition: Gradual
Resin Canals: Large, numerous, mostly solitary, evenly distributed
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Western White Pine
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Microscope of
Wood
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Average
Specific Gravity: 0.38
Odor: Pleasant Piney
Heartwood Color: distinct, darkening with age
Grain Appearance: Fairly Even
Earlywood/Latewood Transition: Gradual
Resin Canals: Large, numerous, mostly solitary, evenly distributed
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Sugar Pine
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Microscope of
Wood
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Average
Specific Gravity: 0.36
Odor: Faint by distinct: resinous
Heartwood Color: Does not darken with age
Grain Appearance: Even
Earlywood/Latewood Transition: Gradual
Resin Canals:Very Large, numerous, mostly solitary, evenly
distributed
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Information
and Photo from "Identifying Wood Accurate results with simple tools"
R.Bruce Hoadly ©
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