Black Oak Wood Research Paper

Oak wood is used for many things. Among those many things are the most popular, Gothic and William & Mary furnisher and also many contemporary pieces. Oak is also known as a hardwood. Oak has over 60 species in the U.S. the species can be separated into two different groups in reference to its bark the red group and the white group. The red is also known as the black oak. Pine wood is used for very little things. Like oak wood pine is used to make furniture, but is used more for the country or provincial pieces, but this type of wood you will mostly find painted, whitened, pickled or even with oil finishes. Pine is a soft wood that has a pale yellow or white looking color to it. Pine wood resists shrinking and swelling. Pine wood with knots
is used for decoration quiet often. Pine is straight grained, light weight and also lacks figure. Hickory is used for a few things. Unlike oak and pine, hickory is used for its strength. Hickory is also commonly used for hickory veneer. There are, in the eastern United States, 15 species of hickory which 8 are important commercially. Pecan is a type of hickory used for furniture. Hickory is one of the heaviest, hardest woods, with a close grain and not much of a figure.