Forest Products

(Uses for the different species of trees on the CDE)

Ash	Baseball bats; Landscaping; interior finish, vehicles, furniture, containers, and wooden equipment
Aspen	Pulpwood; chopsticks; cheap furniture
Basswood	cheap furniture, containers, beekeeping supplies, and various woodenware; carvings; duck decoys
American Beech	Flooring; furniture
Birches	Flooring; furniture; canoes; veneer
Black Gum	Furniture; containers
Buckeye	Ornamental; cheap furniture
Catalpa	Ornamental; furniture; railroad ties; fence posts
Cedar	Ornamental; shingles; chests; fence posts; siding
Cherry	Furniture; Veneer; interior house trim; flooring;
American Chestnut	Edible nut; fence posts; furniture; railroad ties; flooring
Cottonwood	Rough construction; pulpwood
Cucumbertree	Interior home finish; furniture; boxes & crates
Elm	Containers; railroad ties; furniture; ornamental; cabinets
Fraser Fir	Christmas Trees
Hackberry	Cheap products; curved stairs
Hemlock	Rough construction; pulpwood; saunas
Hickory	Tool Handles; Edible nut; firewood; skis, drumsticks
Black Locust	Fence Posts; firewood; mine props; railroad ties
Red & Silver Maple	Landscaping; woodenware; boxes; furniture; pulpwood; cabinets; doors
Sugar Maple	Furniture; Veneer; Landscaping; maple syrup; musical instruments; flooring; paneling
Red Oak	Furniture; Veneer; interior house trim; flooring; cabinets; caskets
White Oak	Furniture; Veneer; barrels; caskets
Red Pine	Ornamental; construction lumber; dock pilings
Scotch Pine	Christmas Trees; reforestation; ornamental
Virginia Pine	Pulpwood; railroad ties; mine props
White Pine	Christmas Trees; lumber; reforestation; landscaping
Yellow Poplar	Landscaping; lumber
Sassafras	Fence Posts; Furniture (limited); tea; oil extract
Norway Spruce	Christmas Trees; Landscaping; pulpwood
Sweet Gum	Landscaping; furniture, veneer, cabinets, interior finish and various kinds of woodenware
Sycamore	Butcher blocks
Tree-of-Heaven	Planted as an ornamental (landscaping) tree; weed tree; lumber has no commercial value
Black Walnut	Furniture; Veneer; Edible nut; Shells are used as abrasive cleaners;