Oregon Hardwood Or Softwood
This happens to be generally true but there are exceptions such as in the cases of wood from yew trees a softwood that is relatively hard and wood from balsa trees a.
Oregon hardwood or softwood. Although much of the wood is straight grained some highly figured wood which includes wavy quilted fiddle back or birds eye grain patterns is also produced. Cedar balsam pine although it get pretty hard hardwood comes from a deciduous tree. Since being founded in 1918 timber products has become one of the most diversified wood companies in the industry. Classifying wood as either a hardwood or softwood comes down to its physical structure and makeup and so it is overly simple to think of hardwoods as being hard and durable compared to soft and workable softwoods.
Species data table of relative working and physical properties metric inch pound oregon conifers. We met in the sorting facility and perused some beautiful walnut lumber that had been salvaged from an agricultural use. Oregon maple heartwood varies from creamy white to light reddish brown with pinkish hues. The sapwood is reddish white sometimes with a greyish cast.
The publication conifers of the pacific northwest is currently being developed and will provide detailed information on the biology harvesting utilization and wood properties of each of oregon s major conifer softwood species. Our particle board manufacturing facility in medford has been operating since 1965. John rideout of oregon hardwood company was kind enough to take me for a tour of their facility. Softwood comes from a coniferous tree.
Early settlers brought walnut to oregon so it s not a native species but the milk chocolate swirling grain pattern stands. We upcycle fiber from our hardwood plywood and softwood plywood facilities as well as other wood working facilities that generate waste to make our particle board in addition we reclaim everything that s leftover after sizing the finished product at our medford facility and put it back into our wood stream. On the other hand softwood comes from trees where the seeds grow in a very basic form at the end of the scales or leaves and usually clump into cones hence the term conifers.