A handful of useful sites dealing with wood:
FPL:
- intro-page of the Forest Products Laboratory:
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technical properties of wood
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two downloadable books on US-woods- the FPL "Wood Handbook. Wood as an engineering material" (downloadable):
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common and scientific names of wood (best database around, with a fairly low level of error):
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off-line more often than not, and usually reports: "The system has encountered an error that was logged"]OTHER SOURCES:
- "The American Woods" (pictures):
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lots of pictures (fun), but short on accuracy and real information full version (slow):
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version (faster):
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for a more extensive link-page see:
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books on wood are "Good Wood Handbook" by Albert Jackson & David Day (cheapest and best) "Woodworker's Guide to Wood" by Rick Peters (passing grades) "Woodworker's guide to Selecting and Milling Wood" by Charles Self (somewhat modest, pictorially, but written in a friendly style) "Harvesting Urban Timber" by Sam SherrillAdult books on wood are "Understanding Wood" by R. Bruce Hoadley "Identifying Wood" by R. Bruce Hoadley
For those not shying away from a thick book: "Holzatlas" by Rudi Wagenfuhr