1. Common Tree Uses

2. Red Maple Light colored wood furniture, paneling, moldings, doors, turnings, and musical instruments. about 25 percent less hard than sugar maple

3. Black Cherry Most economically valued wood in PA Reddish brown wood and grains Used for veneer furniture, cabinets, paneling, moldings, flooring, musical instruments, carvings, and turnings

4. Northern Red Oak Second most valuable high-quality furniture, cabinets, paneling, moldings, construction, coffins, and floors

5. White Oak Used for barrels Same as red oak, but better for outside uses including ships and barrels because it’s impervious to water

6. Yellow Poplar furniture, veneer, cabinets, doors, paneling, plywood, turnings, and carvings

7. Sugar Maple strong, shock-resistant wood solid furniture, moldings, veneer, paneling, tabletops, cabinets, woodenware, rifle stocks, handrails, doors, bowling alleys, and floors

8. Chestnut Oak Often marketed as white oak Bark is rich in tannins, used for leather Similar to white oak uses

9. White Ash very strong and shock resistant baseball bats, hockey sticks, boat oars, and tool handles Fine furniture, paneling, flooring, doors, moldings, turnings, and cabinets

10. American Beech Difficult to work, tasteless furniture, flooring, paneling, brush handles, ties, and food container

11. Hickory 5 types Wood is difficult to work due to hardness flooring, tool handles, ladders, dowels, and sporting goods.

12. Latin names Maples- Acer Oaks- Quercus Pines- Pinus Birches- Betula Hickories- Carya Beech- Fagus Ash- Fraxinus Cherry- Prunus

13. G:R Ratio Net Growth to removal A G/R ratio greater than 1 indicates growth in inventory outpaces removals – resource management within that period could be continued without depleting inventory, and thus is considered sustainable

14. Cords 128 cubic feet 4 feet high, 8 feet long, and 4 feet deep Or the equivalent