Draft_Furniture Essentials_SP_9-3-16- v.1

24

Types of Wood

Furniture Essentials

Hickory: is a deciduous tree with pinnately compound leaves and large nuts. Five or six species are native to China, Indochina, and India, as many as 12 are native to the United States, four are found in Mexico, and two to four are from Canada.

Mahogany: Mahogany grows naturally in Southern Mexico southward to Columbia, Venezuela, and parts of the upper Amazon and its tributaries. Mahogany heartwood is popular for furniture, cabinets and decorative veneers.

Walnut: Walnut grows naturally over a large geographical area, extending from Vermont westward to Nebraska and southward to southern Georgia and southern Texas. In addition to finishing beautifully with rich grain pattern, Walnut wood is hard, strong, stiff and has good shock resistance. Yellow Poplar: is a utility wood in nearly every sense. It’s used for pal- lets, crates, upholstered furniture frames, paper and plywood. Though the wood is commonly referred to simply as “Poplar”, it is technically not in the Populus genus itself, but is indeed in the Liriodendron genus, which is Latin for “lily tree”. The flowers of this tree look similar to tulips, hence the common alternate name: Tulip Poplar. Very easy to work in almost all regards, one of Poplar’s only downsides is its softness.