Tag Archives: North American woods
Red Alder: A Guide to the Tree, Wood, Uses, and Benefits
This guide explains red alder (Alnus rubra), including how to identify the tree and understand its habitat and ecological benefits. It also covers red alder wood, furniture, practical applications, and traditional medicinal uses.
Silver Leaf Maple Guide: Tree Identification, Care, and Coin Facts
Silver leaf maple usually refers to the fast-growing North American tree Acer saccharinum. This guide explains how to identify, grow, compare, and assess the tree while clarifying its distinction from the Canadian silver bullion coin.
Black Alder Tree Guide: Identification, Habitat, and Care
Black alder is a moisture-loving, nitrogen-fixing tree native to Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. This guide explains its identifying features, habitat, ecological role, invasive potential, cultivation, uses, and distinction from Black Alder SW 3022.
Hardwood Trees: A Guide to Types and Identification
Hardwood trees are flowering plants, but their wood is not necessarily hard or dense. This guide explains their classification, identification, common species, wood properties, ecological value, and planting needs.
Oregon Ash: A Field Guide to Fraxinus latifolia
Oregon ash, or Fraxinus latifolia, is a native deciduous tree associated with western Oregon’s wetlands and floodplains. This guide explains its defining features, habitat, ecological value, look-alikes, and major conservation threats.
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.
