Used where minimal grain or pattern is desired.
Tight grain hardwood.
Wide variation in lower grades.
Hickory carya spp the first strictly american hardwood species since it survived the glacial epoch some 50 million years ago.
12 harder than red oak.
Ambers slightly with exposure to light.
When close grained wood is cut into lumber it has the appeal of being smooth and without the irregular characteristics of wide grained woods.
White oak on the other hand has such a tight cell structure that water can t pass.
Contemporary minimalist or modern.
A clean and contemporary hardwood floor.
Its tight grain and hardness makes it a popular wood for gymnasium floors cutting boards and the heels of women s shoes.
Difficult to stain evenly.
White oak plywood has a tight grain and is a different species than red oak.
Close grained wood also called fine grained wood is any wood in which the annual rings in the wood are tight or close.
White oak is mostly straight grained with a medium to coarse texture with longer rays than red oak.
The sapwood is light colored and the heartwood is light to dark brown.
Creamy white in highest grade.
Lignum vitae a hardwood native to the west indies has the finest grain of any wood known and an ironlike density.