Know your woods

Topic in Cabinet making courses

Images of wood

Click on the links of the trees to read a section 'Uses of wood', for example Castanea sativa

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  African padouk, from Pterocarpus

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  Alder

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  Ash

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  Birch

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  Beech

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  Douglas-fir, used for timber, masts, interior design, furniture, railroad ties, wood in the garden

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  Bilinga(Obebe), from Nauclea diderrichii

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  Cedar

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  Cherry

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  Ebony wood, mostly from Diospyros

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  Elm

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  Fir (Abies alba)

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  Fir, from Picea abies(Norway spruce), see Spruce

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  Larch

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  Maple

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  Mountain pine

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  Quercus robur, see Oak

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  Pine

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  Poplar, used for packaging, matches, clogs

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  Ramin, from Gonystylus

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  Rosewood, from Dalbergia

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  Sorbus torminalis

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  Sweet chestnut, see Castanea sativa

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  Taxus baccata, see Taxus, historically used for the construction of longbows

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  Teak

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  Thuja

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  TiliaLime wood

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  Walnut

External links

• Houtsoorten Dutch Wikipedia
• Liste der Holzarten German Wikipedia
• Список пород древесины Russian Wikipedia
• List of woods Wikipedia
• Know your woods http://www.frontgate.com
• Wood Wikipedia
• Woodsampler Woodworker's Website Assocation, showing images of wood samples of many species