Table 3-1.-Common Woods - Continued
| TYPES | SOURCES | USES | CHARACTERISTICS |
| WALNUT | Eastern half of U.S. except southern Atlantic and gulf coasts, some in New Mexico, Arizona, California | Expensive furniture, cabinets, interior woodwork, gun stocks, tool handles, airplane propellers, fine boats, musical instruments | Fine cabinet wood, coarse grained but takes beautiful finish when pores closed with wood filler, medium weight, hard, strong, easily worked, dark chocolate color, does not warp or check brittle |
| WHITE CEDAR | Eastern coast of U. S., and around Great Lakes | Boat planking, railroad ties, shingles, siding, posts, poles | Soft, lightweight, close grained, exceptionally durable when exposed to water, not strong enough for building construction, brittle, low shrinkage, fragment, generally knotty |
| WHITE OAK | The Virginias, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, Maryland, and Indiana | Boat and ship stems, sternposts, knees, sheer strakes, fenders, capping, transoms, shaft logs, framing for buildings, strong furniture, tool handles, crossties, agricultural implements, fence posts | Heavy, hard, strong, medium coarse grain, tough, dense, most durable of hardwoods, elastic, rather easy to work, but shrinks and likely to check. Light brownish grey in color with reddish tinge, medullary rays are large and outstanding and present beautiful figures when quarter sawed, receives high polish |
| WHITE PINE | Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maine, Michigan, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and California | Patterns, any interior job or exterior job that doesn’t require maximum strength, window sash, interior trim, millwork, cabinets, cornices | Easy to work, fine grain, free of knots, takes excellent finish, durable when exposed to water, expands when wet, shrinks when dry, soft, white, nails without splitting, not very strong, straight grained |
| YELLOW PINE | Virginia to Texas | Most important lumber for heavy construction and exterior work, keelsons, risings, filling pieces, clamps, floors, bulkheads of small boats, shores, wedges, plugs, strongbacks, staging, joists, posts, piling, ties, paving blocks | Hard, strong, heartwood is durable in the ground, grain varies, heavy, tough, reddish brown in color, resinous, medullary rays well marked |