North america s forests grow hundreds of varieties that thrive in temperate climates including oak ash cherry maple and poplar species.
Three types of hardwood.
Birch is readily available and less expensive than many other hardwoods.
Each of these different wood types can be used in a number of different ways.
Birch comes in two varieties.
Yellow birch is a pale yellow to white wood with reddish brown heartwood whereas white birch has a whiter color that resembles maple.
Oak ash thorn beech chestnut teak mahogany and balsa.
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Softwoods hardwoods and engineered wood.
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Both types of birch have a hardness of 4 on a scale of 1 to 5.
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Hardwoods are deciduous trees that have broad leaves produce a fruit or nut and generally go dormant in the winter.
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Generally it means that the types of wood are not the wood of conifers like pine.
These three types are.
Types of hardwood and softwood explored.
The most common species in north america are oaks.