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; |