Weird Wood Matching Cards

BUCKLEY’S
MAPLE
COUGH
SYRUPSYRUP
BUCKLEY’S
MAPLE
COUGH
SYRUPSYRUP
- Delicious
Used to care
for symptoms
of
sauce
for waffles
colds,pancakes
such as coughing and sore
and
throatbe boiled before eating
- Must
- Contains natural materials such as
to remove extra water
pine needle oil and balsam resin
- Requires 40L of sap to make
- Formula was invented in Toronto,
1L
of syrup
Ontario
by W.K. Buckley in 1919
TREE
RESIN
SAP
TREE
RESIN
SAP
- Collected
Thick and from
stickytrees
liquidinmade
early by
spring
coniferous trees
- Trees
arevarnish,
‘tapped’adhesives,
by placing
Used for
special
tubes into the trunk
incense,metal
and medicines
-- Used
inof
spring
to move
Resin by
of the tree
Cedar
Lebanon
was
sugar
thatmummification
is stored in theinroots up
used for
to
growing
buds
Ancient
Egypt
SUGAR
BALSAM
MAPLE
FIR
SUGAR
BALSAM
MAPLE
FIR
- Characteristic
Grows in coniferous
tree offorests
the forests
from
Alberta
to Newfoundland
in
Southern
Ontario and Quebec
Bark leaves
is covered
in ‘blisters’
- New
are grown
in theof
resin using sugary sap from the
spring
- roots
Commonly used as Christmas
- Leaves
turn bright
red and
yellow
Trees because
of their
pleasing
in
the fall
shape
and smell
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2
BUCKLEY’S
MAPLE
COUGH
SYRUPSYRUP
BUCKLEY’S
MAPLE
COUGH
SYRUPSYRUP
- Used
to care
for symptoms
of
Delicious
sauce
for waffles
colds,
such as coughing and sore
and pancakes
- throat
Must be boiled before eating
- Contains natural materials such as
to remove extra water
pine needle oil and balsam resin
- Requires 40L of sap to make
- Formula was invented in Toronto,
1L of syrup
Ontario
by W.K. Buckley in 1919
TREE
RESIN
SAP
TREE
RESIN
SAP
- Thick
Collected
and from
stickytrees
liquidinmade
early by
coniferous
trees
spring
- Used
Trees for
arevarnish,
‘tapped’adhesives,
by placing
incense,
and medicines
special metal
tubes into the trunk
Used by
tree inof
spring
to move
-- Resin
of the Cedar
Lebanon
was
sugarfor
that
is stored in theinroots up
used
mummification
to growing
buds
Ancient
Egypt
SUGAR
BALSAM
MAPLE
FIR
SUGAR
BALSAM
MAPLE
FIR
- Grows
Characteristic
in coniferous
tree offorests
the forests
from
in Southern
Ontario and Quebec
Alberta
to Newfoundland
New is
leaves
are in
grown
in the
- Bark
covered
‘blisters’
of
spring using sugary sap from the
resin
- Commonly
used as Christmas
roots
- Trees
Leavesbecause
turn bright
of their
red and
pleasing
yellow
in the fall
shape
and smell
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TOOTHPICKS
CORKS
TOOTHPICKS
CORKS
- Made
Corks have
from been
thin (<3mm)
used as slices
stoppers
of
for bottles
of veneer),
wine andthen
sodacut
pop
wood
(called
- into
300,000
tonnes of cork are
toothpicks
produced
inwere
Europe
each
- Small
sticks
used
foryear,
dental
worth €1.5
Billion
hygiene
before
toothbrushes
- Toothpicks
Corks allowswere
oxygen
firstinto wine
manufactured
in the wine
1890’sto ‘age’
bottles, allowing
CORK VENEER
CAMBIUM
LOG(BARK)
CORK VENEER
CAMBIUM
LOG(BARK)
- Trunk
The bark
provides
can grow
strength
up to and
20 cm
thick to a tree
height
The outer
bark
(cork of a
- Veneer
is alayer
thin of
slice
(<3mm)
cambium)
is harvested
log
cut either
around orwithout
across
- This
machinery
process increases the
value ofevery
each 9log
- economic
Bark is harvested
to 12
years, but does not kill the tree
WHITE
CORK BIRCH
OAK
WHITE
CORK BIRCH
OAK
- Found in every
Mediterranean
province of
climates,
Canada,
and
the northern
it is native
toin
North
Africa and
United
States Europe
South Western
- Grows
forest
Cuttingquickly
down aafter
CorkaOak
tree is
illegal in Portugal,
except with
disturbance
(fire, windfall)
- Although
special permission
not of high value for
lumber, it is useful for furniture,
fire wood, and veneer
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4
TOOTHPICKS
CORKS
TOOTHPICKS
CORKS
- Corks
Made have
from been
thin (<3mm)
used as slices
stoppers
of
wood
(called
for
bottles
of veneer),
wine andthen
sodacut
pop
into toothpicks
- 300,000
tonnes of cork are
- produced
Small sticks
used
foryear,
dental
inwere
Europe
each
hygiene
before
toothbrushes
worth
€1.5
Billion
- Corks
Toothpicks
allowswere
oxygen
firstinto wine
bottles, allowing
manufactured
in the wine
1890’sto ‘age’
CORK VENEER
CAMBIUM
LOG(BARK)
CORK VENEER
CAMBIUM
LOG(BARK)
- The
Trunk
bark
provides
can grow
strength
up to and
20 cm
height to a tree
thick
Veneer
is alayer
thin of
slice
(<3mm)
- The
outer
bark
(cork of a
log cut either
around orwithout
across
cambium)
is harvested
- machinery
This process increases the
- Bark
economic
is harvested
value ofevery
each 9log
to 12
years, but does not kill the tree
WHITE
CORK BIRCH
OAK
WHITE
CORK BIRCH
OAK
- Found in Mediterranean
every province of
climates,
it
is native
toin
North
Africa and
Canada,
and
the northern
South
UnitedWestern
States Europe
- Cutting
down aafter
CorkaOak
tree is
Grows quickly
forest
disturbance
(fire, windfall)
illegal
in Portugal,
except with
- special
Although
not of high value for
permission
lumber, it is useful for furniture,
fire wood, and veneer
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3
DE HAVILLAND
ARTIFICIAL VANILLA
MOSQUITO
DE HAVILLAND
ARTIFICIAL VANILLA
MOSQUITO
(AIRPLANE)
(AIRPLANE)
-
Used to flavor foods, such as ice
Flown inchocolates,
World Warand
II bybaking
the
cream,
Its
flavor
comes
British
Royal
Air from
ForceVanillin, a
chemical
naturally
found
in Vanilla
Used a mix
of woods,
including
Beans
Birch for strength and Balsa for
Can be manufactured from lignin
lightness
by-products of wood pulp made
Manufactured
in Ontario,
through the sulfite
processBritain,
and Australia
TRUNK
PULP BY-PRODUCTS
TRUNK
PULP BY-PRODUCTS
(SULFITE PROCESS)
- Is incredibly light because it is full
of pockets are removed from
- By-products
after pulping
of to be
- chemicals
Used in products
that need
softwood
trees such as wind
light and strong,
- Lignin
containing
by-products
can
turbines,
surf boards,
and
be used for tanning leather and
airplanes (model and full-sized)
curing concrete
- Must be dried carefully before use
- By-products can be further
(SULFITE PROCESS)
processed into Vanillin
BALSASPRUCE
TREE
WHITE
BALSASPRUCE
TREE
WHITE
-- The
Native
to Brazil
andspecies
Mexico,ofbut
most
northern
tree,
has beenatplanted
in many
other
growing
the arctic
tree line
countries
- Found
on well-drained upland
- soils
A fast-growing tree, up to 30 m in
15 years
- Important in Canada for use in
- Strength
is provided
by pockets
in
wood pulp,
but also used
as
the
trunk, filled
Christmas
Treesby water when
the tree is alive
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6
ARTIFICIAL VANILLA
DE HAVILLAND
MOSQUITO
ARTIFICIAL VANILLA
DE HAVILLAND
MOSQUITO
(AIRPLANE)
- Used to flavor foods, such as ice
cream,inchocolates,
- Flown
World Warand
II bybaking
the
- Its flavor comes from Vanillin, a
British Royal Air Force
chemical naturally found in Vanilla
- Used a mix of woods, including
Beans
Birch
for strength and Balsa for
- Can be manufactured from lignin
lightness
by-products of wood pulp made
through the sulfite
processBritain,
- Manufactured
in Ontario,
and Australia
PULP BY-PRODUCTS
TRUNK
PULP BY-PRODUCTS
TRUNK
(SULFITE PROCESS)
(SULFITE PROCESS)
WHITE
BALSASPRUCE
TREE
(AIRPLANE)
- Is incredibly light because it is full
- of
By-products
pockets are removed from
chemicals after pulping of
- Used in products that need to be
softwood trees
light
strong, such
as wind can
- Ligninand
containing
by-products
turbines,
surf
boards,
and and
be used for
tanning
leather
airplanes
(model and full-sized)
curing concrete
- Must
By-products
can
be further
be dried
carefully
before use
processed into Vanillin
WHITE
BALSASPRUCE
TREE
The most
northern
tree,
- Native
to Brazil
andspecies
Mexico,ofbut
growing
the arctic
tree line
has
beenatplanted
in many
other
- countries
Found on well-drained upland
soils
- A
fast-growing tree, up to 30 m in
- 15
Important
years in Canada for use in
wood pulp,
but also used
as
- Strength
is provided
by pockets
in
Christmas
Treesby water when
the
trunk, filled
the tree is alive
6
5
CORRUGATED
NEWSPRINT
CARDBOARD
CORRUGATED
NEWSPRINT
CARDBOARD
-
Made
Low-strength,
from natural,
low cost
unbleached
paper
Used to
produce millions of
wood
fibers
newspapers
every day
Requires
strength,
therefore is
Made from
heavier
thanmechanically
most papers
- Originally
processedused
woodtopulp
hold up tall
it is now used
mostly
for
- hats,
First produced
in 1844
in Halifax,
packaging
and shipping
NS
WOOD
WOOD PULP
PULP
WOOD
WOOD PULP
PULP
(KRAFT
PROCESS)
(MECHANICAL)
(KRAFT
PROCESS)
(MECHANICAL)
-- Uses
Madehardwood
from smalltree
softwood
or
such aslogs
aspen
wood
chips
ground
to a pulp
and
birch
and
softwood
trees,
- such
Mechanical
pulping
as spruce,
pine,damages
and fir the
wood fibersused to dissolve lignin
- Chemicals
- but
Useddoes
for products
require
not affectthat
cellulose
less strength,
as newsprint
- Creates
papersuch
of superior
strength
and paperboard
because
cellulose is less damaged
BLACK
SPRUCE
ALPINE
FIR
BLACK
SPRUCE
ALPINE
FIR
in every
Province
- Grows West
of the
Rockyand
Mountains
Yukon, BC, and
Territory ofin
Canada
- Alberta
Often found in bogs and wetlands
- Found in high altitudes, growing
- Thin trunks make it poor wood for
at or near the tree-line
furniture or lumber, but useful for
- Used for lumber, pulp products,
wood
pulp
and Christmas
Trees
7
8
CORRUGATED
NEWSPRINT
CARDBOARD
CORRUGATED
NEWSPRINT
CARDBOARD
-
Low-strength,
Made from natural,
low cost
unbleached
paper
woodto
fibers
Used
produce millions of
Requires strength,
therefore is
newspapers
every day
heavierfrom
thanmechanically
most papers
Made
- processed
Originally used
hold up tall
woodtopulp
hats,produced
it is now used
mostly
for
- First
in 1844
in Halifax,
packaging and shipping
NS
WOOD PULP
PULP
WOOD
WOOD PULP
PULP
WOOD
(KRAFT
PROCESS)
(MECHANICAL)
(KRAFT
PROCESS)
(MECHANICAL)
-- Made
from smalltree
softwood
or
Uses hardwood
such aslogs
aspen
wood
chips
ground
to a pulp
and birch
and
softwood
trees,
- Mechanical
pulping
such as spruce,
pine,damages
and fir the
fibersused to dissolve lignin
- wood
Chemicals
- Used
for products
require
but does
not affectthat
cellulose
strength,
as newsprint
- less
Creates
papersuch
of superior
strength
and
paperboard
because
cellulose is less damaged
BLACK
SPRUCE
ALPINE
FIR
BLACK
SPRUCE
ALPINE
FIR
- Grows in
every
Province
West
of the
Rockyand
Mountains
Yukon, BC, and
Territory
ofin
Canada
Albertafound in bogs and wetlands
- Often
- Found in high altitudes, growing
- Thin trunks make it poor wood for
at or near the tree-line
furniture
or lumber, but useful for
- Used for lumber, pulp products,
wood
pulp
and Christmas
Trees
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CELLOPHANE
TURPENTINE
CELLOPHANE
TURPENTINE
- Used
Thin transparent
as a solventsheet
in paints,
made from
varnishes,
andinfurniture
wax pulp
the cellulose
sulfite wood
-- A
chemical
base for and
many
scents
Used
for packaging
wrapping,
and
flavors
mostly
in foods
-- Made
bybiodegradable
distilling sulfate
Is 100%
- turpentine
Replaced since
from1960’s
by-products
by oil of
products
such as plastic wrap
the
Kraft Process
PULP
WOOD
BY-PRODUCTS
PULP
PULP
WOOD
BY-PRODUCTS
PULP
(SULFITE
(KRAFT PROCESS)
PROCESS)
(SULFITE
(KRAFT PROCESS)
PROCESS)
Uses softwood
such as
-- Largest
amounttrees,
of by-products
spruce, pine, and fir
are produced from pines
Chemicals used
to dissolve
-- By-products
include
sulfatelignin,
but also damages
turpentine
and tallcellulose
oil soap
- Produces medium strength paper
- Removed from wastes to prevent
- Used to make fine paper,
release into the environment
cellophane, and rayon
SPRUCE-PINE-FIR
JACK PINE
SPRUCE-PINE-FIR
JACK PINE
Canadian
softwood species
-- Found
in coniferous
forests with
of
similarAmerica
pulp characteristics
North
East of the Rocky
- Mountains
Includes Spruce (Red, White,
Black, Engelmann),
Pine
(Jack,
- Requires
fire to open
its cones
Lodgepole),
(Balsam,
before
seedsand
canFir
grow
Alpine)
- Due
to irregular shape, often used
- for
Mixed
together
in manufacture
of
wood
pulp and
fuel
wood pulp
10
9
CELLOPHANE
TURPENTINE
CELLOPHANE
TURPENTINE
- Used
Thin transparent
as a solvent sheet
in paints,
made from
the cellulose
sulfite wood
varnishes,
andinfurniture
wax pulp
-- A
Used
chemical
for packaging
base for and
many
wrapping,
scents
mostly
in foods
and
flavors
Is 100%
bybiodegradable
distilling sulfate
-- Made
from1960’s
by-products
- turpentine
Replaced since
by oil of
the
Kraft Process
products
such as plastic wrap
PULP
WOOD
BY-PRODUCTS
PULP
PULP
WOOD
BY-PRODUCTS
PULP
(SULFITE
(KRAFT PROCESS)
PROCESS)
(SULFITE
(KRAFT PROCESS)
PROCESS)
Uses softwood
such as
-- Largest
amounttrees,
of by-products
spruce, pine, and fir
are produced from pines
Chemicals used
to dissolve
-- By-products
include
sulfate lignin,
but also damages
turpentine
and tallcellulose
oil soap
- Produces medium strength paper
- Removed from wastes to prevent
- Used to make fine paper,
release into the environment
cellophane, and rayon
SPRUCE-PINE-FIR
JACK PINE
SPRUCE-PINE-FIR
JACK PINE
Canadian
softwood species
-- Found
in coniferous
forests with
of
similarAmerica
pulp characteristics
North
East of the Rocky
- Mountains
Includes Spruce (Red, White,
Black, Engelmann),
Pine
(Jack,
- Requires
fire to open
its cones
Lodgepole),
(Balsam,
before
seedsand
canFir
grow
Alpine)
- Due
to irregular shape, often used
- for
Mixed
together
in manufacture
of
wood
pulp and
fuel
wood pulp
10
9
HOCKEY
HOUSE
STICK
HOCKEY
HOUSE
STICK
- Used
Most in
houses
ice, road,
in North
and roller
America
and Australia are built with ‘light
hockey
frame construction’
- Traditionally
made of woods such
- as
Utilizes
birch,finished
ash, andlumber
maple
-- Can
Fast also
and be
low-cost,
from wood
but easy
laminates
to
or
composites
of fiberglass,
customize
design
of house
fiber,
aluminum,
and from
- carbon
Requires
additional
strength
wall coverings and interior bracing
Kevlar
FINISHED
TRUNK (STEM)
LUMBER
FINISHED
TRUNK (STEM)
LUMBER
-- Trunk
Cut from
trunks
of treesand
in height
provide
strength
standard
to
a tree sizes
-- Wood
Used inismanufacture
ofand
furniture,
dense, strong,
very
flooring,grained
and buildings
straight
- Made from larger softwood trees,
- Used in construction of baseball
including
Redsticks,
and White
Pine and
bats,
hockey
tool handles,
Douglas
as
well asFirflooring and furniture
DOUGLAS
WHITE ASH
FIR
DOUGLAS
WHITE ASH
FIR
- Grows in Eastern
Pacific North
NorthWest
America
of
from
Florida
to Ontario
Canada
and the
United States
- Slow
growing
branches
Second
tallestwith
trunkfew
in the
world,
makes
woodRedwood
dense with straight
after Coast
- grain
Planted as ornamental tree in
- Emerald
parks andAsh
gardens
Borer is expected to
60for
to finished
70% of North
America’s
- kill
Used
lumber,
railroad
ties,billion
and plywood
7.5
ash trees
11
12
HOCKEY
HOUSE
STICK
HOCKEY
HOUSE
STICK
- Most
Used in
houses
ice, road,
in North
and roller
America
hockey
and
Australia are built with ‘light
- frame
Traditionally
made of woods such
construction’
as birch,finished
ash, andlumber
maple
- Utilizes
Can also
from wood
laminates
-- Fast
and be
low-cost,
but easy
to
or composites
of fiberglass,
customize
design
of house
- Requires
carbon fiber,
additional
aluminum,
strength
and from
Kevlar
wall
coverings and interior bracing
FINISHED
TRUNK (STEM)
LUMBER
FINISHED
TRUNK (STEM)
LUMBER
-- Cut
from
trunks
of treesand
in height
Trunk
provide
strength
standard
to a tree sizes
-- Used
ofand
furniture,
Woodinismanufacture
dense, strong,
very
flooring,
and buildings
straight grained
- Made from larger softwood trees,
- Used in construction of baseball
including
Redsticks,
and White
Pine and
bats, hockey
tool handles,
Douglas
as well asFirflooring and furniture
DOUGLAS
WHITE ASH
FIR
DOUGLAS
WHITE ASH
FIR
- Grows in Pacific
EasternNorth
NorthWest
America
of
Canada
and the
United States
from Florida
to Ontario
- Second
tallestwith
trunkfew
in the
world,
Slow growing
branches
after
makesCoast
woodRedwood
dense with straight
- Planted
grain as ornamental tree in
andAsh
gardens
- parks
Emerald
Borer is expected to
- Used
kill 60for
to finished
70% of North
lumber,
America’s
railroad
7.5
ash trees
ties,billion
and plywood
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11
DESK
ACOUSTIC
(FURNITURE)
GUITAR
DESK
ACOUSTIC
(FURNITURE)
GUITAR
- Made
Uses wooden
from particle
soundboard
boardas
toit is
amplify
from strings
light
andvibrations
inexpensive
Wood covered
of body chosen
for strength
- Often
in decorative
paper
and ability
transferwood
vibrations
veneer
withtoprinted
grain
- Can
Often
expand
made and
of Red
contract
Sprucewith
or
changes
temperature
and
Western in
Red
Cedar
- moisture
Made from wood billets with
tight, straight grains
PARTICLEBOARD
WOOD BILLETS
PARTICLEBOARD
WOOD BILLETS
- Made
Wedges
from
of wood
saw mill
hand-split
by-products
from
of
sawdust
and wood
short
logs called
bolts chips
are mixed
-- Particles
Trees selected
very with
carefully
glue,for
then
tight, straight
pressed
together
grain
- Made
Used as
ofbase
a mixfor
of hand-crafted
woods, including
instruments
aspen,
spruce, pine, and fir
- Can
Usesbe
species
mad into
suchfurniture
as Red Spruce
and
flooring
and Western Red Cedar
TREMBLING
RED SPRUCE
ASPEN
TREMBLING
RED SPRUCE
ASPEN
- Found
Grows from
in coniferous
Northernforests
US to of
Northern
Canada
North Eastern
North America
- Grows
rapidly after
large open
from Connecticut
toaNew
area
is made by fire or logging
Brunswick
-- Used
for making
pulp,
Slow growth
and wood
long life
span
plywood,
particleboard,stiff
andwood
make
its tight-grained,
furniture
- A common tone wood used in
making musical instruments
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15
DESK
ACOUSTIC
(FURNITURE)
GUITAR
DESK
ACOUSTIC
(FURNITURE)
GUITAR
- Uses
Madewooden
from particle
soundboard
boardas
toit is
light andvibrations
inexpensive
amplify
from strings
Often covered
in decorative
paper
- Wood
of body chosen
for strength
veneer
withtoprinted
grain
and
ability
transferwood
vibrations
- Often
Can expand
made and
of Red
contract
Sprucewith
or
Western
Red
Cedar
changes in
temperature
and
moisture
from wood billets with
- Made
tight, straight grains
PARTICLEBOARD
WOOD BILLETS
PARTICLEBOARD
WOOD BILLETS
- Wedges
Made from
of wood
saw mill
hand-split
by-products
from
short
logs called
of sawdust
and wood
bolts chips
-- Trees
Particles
selected
are mixed
very with
carefully
glue,for
then
tight,
straight
grain
pressed
together
- Used
Madeas
ofbase
a mixfor
of hand-crafted
woods, including
instruments
aspen, spruce, pine, and fir
- Uses
Can be
species
mad into
suchfurniture
as Red Spruce
and
and
Western Red Cedar
flooring
TREMBLING
RED SPRUCE
ASPEN
TREMBLING
RED SPRUCE
ASPEN
- Grows
Found from
in coniferous
Northernforests
US to of
North
Eastern
North America
Northern
Canada
toaNew
- from
GrowsConnecticut
rapidly after
large open
Brunswick
area is made by fire or logging
-- Slow
Used growth
for making
pulp,
and wood
long life
span
plywood,
particleboard,stiff
andwood
make
its tight-grained,
furniture
- A common tone wood used in
making musical instruments
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HARDWOOD FLOORING
HARDWOOD FLOORING
- Requires dense, durable woods
such as American Beech, Red and
White Oak, and Sugar Maple
- Originally used for their strength,
now used mostly for looks
- Manufactured from rough lumber
- Can be finished before or after
installation
ROUGH LUMBER
ROUGH LUMBER
- Made mostly from hardwoods
- Used in products that need
further processing, such as
furniture, flooring
- Come in a wide variety of widths,
thicknesses, and lengths
- Cut from raw logs in sawmills
AMERICAN BEECH
AMERICAN BEECH
- Grows in Eastern North America
from New Brunswick to Florida
- Has distinctive smooth, grey bark
that attracts graffiti
- Heavy, hard wood is used to make
rough lumber before being made
into flooring and furniture
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HARDWOOD FLOORING
HARDWOOD FLOORING
- Requires dense, durable woods
such as American Beech, Red and
White Oak, and Sugar Maple
- Originally used for their strength,
now used mostly for looks
- Manufactured from rough lumber
- Can be finished before or after
installation
ROUGH LUMBER
ROUGH LUMBER
- Made mostly from hardwoods
- Used in products that need
further processing, such as
furniture, flooring
- Come in a wide variety of widths,
thicknesses, and lengths
- Cut from raw logs in sawmills
AMERICAN BEECH
AMERICAN BEECH
- Grows in Eastern North America
from New Brunswick to Florida
- Has distinctive smooth, grey bark
that attracts graffiti
- Heavy, hard wood is used to make
rough lumber before being made
into flooring and furniture
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