Envirothon PA Forestry

White Ash

sporting goods (especially baseball bats), handles, agricultural tools, and furniture​ 

Bigtooth Aspen​

leaf is a distinctive silvery-green; Used for pulp, particle boards and structure panels​; bark on young trees is thin, and dull yellow-green in color

White Ash

sporting goods (especially baseball bats), handles, agricultural tools, and furniture​ 

Bigtooth Aspen​

leaf is a distinctive silvery-green; Used for pulp, particle boards and structure panels​; bark on young trees is thin, and dull yellow-green in color

Quaking Aspen

spade shaped, with finely saw-toothed; gray to almost white in color

quaking aspen bark

make paper, particle board

American Basswood Bark

smooth and light gray to brown in color, used in crafts, woodworking, making rope, and instruments.

basswood tree

leaves are shaped like a dimpled cardioid; contains yellow nodes

American Beech ​

simple, oval-shaped, and alternate on the stems, with coarsely serrated margins; smooth, thin, and steel-gray; medicinal purposes

Paper Birch

plywood, boxes, crates, specialty wood items​; very white with lines; simple, ovate to narrow-ovate, with coarsely and doubly-serrate margins

Sweet Birch

wood is occasionally used for face veneer, furniture and cabinetry​; lternate, simple, ovate (egg-shaped) with a sharp tip; reddish brown and almost black on younger trees

• Birch has lines

Yellow Birch

yellow-ish bronze exfoliating bark​; simple, ovate leaves that are finely serrated and alternate; used for furniture, tool handles, and boxes

Black Gum

furniture, plywood, pulp, railroad ties, boxes and crates​; the bark looks like it has scales; very wide base; multiple shinny with yellow buds

Red Maple

furniture, flooring, cabinetry, paneling, veneer, musical instruments, tool handles, cutting boards, butcher blocks, wooden bowls, boxes and crates, and many other uses