Tag Archives: North American woods
Striped Maple: How to Identify and Grow Acer pensylvanicum
Striped maple, Acer pensylvanicum, is a shade-tolerant understory tree known for its green bark with pale vertical stripes. This guide covers identification, native habitat, similar maples, landscape care, and seed propagation.
Aliso Wood Guide: Species, Properties, Uses, and Limitations
Aliso wood generally means alder, but the exact species varies by region and supplier. This guide explains its identity, properties, uses, workability, durability, comparisons, and buying considerations.
Cherrybark Oak: Identification, Leaves, Size, and Growing Guide
Cherrybark oak is a large native red oak known for its pagoda-shaped leaves and dark bark resembling black cherry. This guide explains its identification, range, mature size, habitat, landscape needs, and ecological value.
Mockernut Hickory Field Guide: Bark, Leaves, Nuts, and Saplings
Mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa) is a native eastern North American tree recognized by hairy compound leaves, tight ridged bark, and thick-shelled edible nuts. This field guide explains identification, similar species, habitat, uses, and propagation.
Shellbark Hickory Guide: Identification, Nuts, and Growing
Shellbark hickory, or Carya laciniosa, is a large native tree recognized by its shaggy bark, compound leaves, and exceptionally large edible nuts. This guide explains how to identify it, distinguish it from shagbark hickory, process its nuts, and grow it successfully.
Flame Maple: 5 Fascinating Facts
Quick guide to flame maple: how its striking grain forms, why luthiers prize it, which amur and autumn flame maple show the best fall color, and what buyers should know.
Albidum Sassafras: A Complete Guide to Sassafras albidum
Albidum sassafras is more correctly written as Sassafras albidum, the scientific name of the native North American sassafras tree. This guide covers identification, habitat, cultivation, propagation, ecological value, safety, diseases, and wood properties.
California Black Oak Guide: Identification, Habitat and Ecology
California black oak (*Quercus kelloggii*) is a deciduous native oak found primarily in California and western Oregon. This guide explains its identification, range, ecology, cultural importance, cultivation, threats, and wood uses.
Pignut Hickory Guide: Identification, Edibility, and Uses
This botanical guide explains how to identify pignut hickory (Carya glabra), assess a pignut hickory nut, and distinguish the tree sometimes called hickory pignut from similar species. It also covers habitat, wildlife value, wood uses, propagation, and landscape suitability.
Oregon Oak: Identification, Habitat, Growing Guide, and Wood Uses
Oregon oak usually refers to Oregon white oak or Garry oak, Quercus garryana, a deciduous tree native to western North America. This guide covers identification, habitat, ecological value, growing requirements, conservation, and Oregon oak wood uses.
