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2007 Vermont WoodNet Survey Results

Wood Species Usage

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Hardwood Species You Use:

Answer Options Response Percent
Ash 57.8%
Basswood 22.2%
Beech 22.2%
Birches 54.4%
Butternut 43.3%
Cherry 83.3%
Hickories 18.9%
Maples 85.6%
Oaks 62.2%
Walnut 65.6%
Mixed Hardwoods 35.6%
Imported Hardwoods 35.6%
Other (please specify) 33.3%
  • We have a lot of FSC certified maple we're using and also some historically significant maple we've obtained locally from people who had to take their trees down for safety reasons.    We use mostly maple, but accent it with cherry, walnut and exotics.
  • using a wide variety of hardwood burls
  • Baltic Birch, commercially produced dowels (Luon) and White Pine
  • dense local hardwood species
  • veneers(domestic & exotic)
  • see below
  • Hardwood plywood. Small amounts of self sawed hardwood.
  • NA - we manage the growth and harvest of trees/lumber.
  • Tropical American Mahogany
  • Poplar
  • We currently don't use wood.  We sell all types of hardwood and softwood lumber from trees that grow on the farm, including all the species named above and below.
  • Poplar
  • we have the largest selection of species in New England
  • We have a full veneer shop and use both domestic and exotic veneers.

    We also use and have in stock several types of reclaimed and antique wood.
  • Padauk, Zebrawood, Lacewood, Purpleheart
  • Osage Orange, Manzanita root burl, Holly

    Lilac 
  • Soft Maple
  • Teak
  • whatever the customer asks for; there are too many to list
  • Red Cedar
  • Burls
  • exotics such as bubinga and wenge
  • MDF, veneer plys, 
  • Aspen
  • other domestic hardwoods from the northeast including Hornbeam
  • Hardwood plywoods
  • Strong
  • A comment.
  • apple,brown and red cedar, manzanita and mesquite from Arizona and New Mexico,  all salvaged wood
  • douglas fir,western red cedar, incense cedar,aromatic red cedar, white cedar

    Spanish Cedar, S.A. Mahogany.

 

 

 

Softwood Species You Use:

Answer Options Response Percent
Cedars 55.6%
Firs 22.2%
Hemlock 12.7%
Tamarack 4.8%
Pines 69.8%
Spruce 20.6%
Mixed Softwoods 14.3%
Imported Softwoods 6.3%
Other (please specify) 17.5%
  • NA - we manage the growth and harvest of trees/lumber.
  • "Found" wood, recycled wood, straight-from-the-tree twigs and branches
  • Larch spp
  • Again, I use whatever the customer asks for; there are too many to list
  • reclaimed cypress and redwood
  • Poplar
  • poplar
  • Primarily rattan reed, seagrass, and cane.
  • Eastern Red Cedar.  It is a yummy redish/purpleish warm color.
  • Poplar

 

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