Ash Hardwood Database

Perhaps the most common ash look alike is sassafras sassafras albidum.

Ash hardwood database.

It dries fairly easily with minimal degrade and there is little movement in performance. European ash has fairly good strength properties for its weight and is also shock resistant. Ash is a light colored smooth grained hardwood that grows throughout the east coast and parts of canada. I m slowly grinding my way through roughly 800 wood species that have still yet to be listed on the site.

When stained ash can look very similar to oak quercus spp although oaks have much wider rays which are visible on all wood surfaces even on flatsawn surfaces where they appear as short thin brown lines between the growth rings. Ash machines well is good in nailing screwing and gluing and can be stained to a very good finish. With its typical straight grain and beige to light brown hue ash wood is a very attractive option for fine furniture. Even its light weight 31 lbs ft 3 average closely matches the density of black ash 34 lbs ft 3 average.

Green ash and black ash trees are preferentially attacked by the insects followed by white ash and blue ash. This lack of density is favored for use in electric guitar bodies and the term swamp ash is used loosely to describe pieces of ash that have low densities and good acoustic properties black ash is commonly used in basket weaving. Green ash transcriptome sequencing ssrs honeylocust transcriptome sequencing ssrs framework map reference populations. Green ash has excellent shock resistance and along with hickory carya spp it is one of the most commonly used hardwoods for tool handles in north america particularly in shovels and hammers where toughness and impact resistance is important.

It s one of the most durable varieties and has an extensive history in american furniture making. The term olive ash does not refer to any specific species of ash fraxinus genus but instead is in reference to the darker streaked heartwood found in some ash trees which tends to resemble the wood of olive trees in the olea genus and it should come as little surprise that olive ash can be a dead ringer for actual olive with the exception of the porous grain structure which gives its. White ash has excellent shock resistance and along with hickory carya spp it is one of the most commonly used hardwoods for tool handles in north america particularly in shovels and hammers where toughness and impact resistance. When viewed from the face grain the wood bears a strong resemblance to black ash closely matching its color and grain pattern.

I m working my way alphabetically by botanical name so check out the latest added wood to see where i m at in the queue.