What wood is that?

1. What wood is that? What wood is that?

2. Black Walnut The roots of this tree release a toxic material which may kill other plants growing above them. What wood is that?

3. White Oak Is impervious to liquids, and has been used extensively for ship timbers, barrels, and casks. What wood is that?

4. Ash Norse mythology refers to this wood as ‘ the mighty tree that supports the heavens’ and ‘ below earth its roots went down to hell’. What wood is that?

5. Aspen • Does not split when nailed • Machines easily with a slightly fuzzy surface • It takes paint and stain well to produce a good finish What wood is that?

6. Beech Known as "Mother of the Forest" for its nutrient-rich humus. What wood is that?

7. Cherry Like all fruit trees, this wood belongs to the rose family and was used as early as 400 B.C. by the Greeks and Romans for furniture making. What wood is that?

8. Cottonwood This wood is relatively light in weight,soft, and weak in bending and compression, and low in shock resistance. It has no odor or taste when dry. What wood is that?

9. Hickory The Wright Brothers whittled this wood for their "flying contraption." The sawdust and chips are used to flavor meat by smoking. What wood is that?

10. Hard Maple • This wood is tapped for its sucrose-containing sap. • Early settlers used its ashes to make soap. What wood is that?

11. Poplar • Grows taller than any other U.S. hardwood species. • Are members of the magnolia family. • The bark, leaves, flowers, fruit and roots contain pharmaceuticals What wood is that?

12. Soft Maple This wood is similar to hard maple. Generally the sapwood is greyish white, sometimes with darker colored pith flecks. The heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. The wood is usually straight-grained. What wood is that?

13. Red Elm Has a greyish white to light brown narrow sapwood, with heartwood that is reddish brown to dark brown in color. The wood has an interlocked coarse texture. What wood is that?

14. Red Oak The Latin name for this wood, Quercus, means "a fine tree. 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. What wood is that?

15. Yellow Birch From sap to bark, these trees are used to make everything from beer to toothpicks. Native Americans stretched its bark on their canoe frames and used the wood for their arrows. What wood is that?