Hard White Maple Lumber

In the north during the cold nights and warm days of late winter the sugar maple is tapped for its sucrose containing sap the source of maple syrup.

Hard white maple lumber.

Hard white maple is a domestic wood from north america at least 90 white sapwood. North america the hard maple is the state tree of wisconsin vermont new york and west virginia. The sapwood ranges from an off white cream color to nearly white on occasion with a reddish or golden hue. Plain hard maple is readily available curly hard maple is available in 4 4 lumber only and birdseye maple is becoming very rare.

Hard maple is one of the hardest and most dense hardwoods. Known for its durability and strength hence it s common use for flooring butcher blocks and large furniture. Known for its durability and strength hence it s common use for flooring butcher blocks and large furniture. Width 3 to 8 rarely found 9 to 18 wide and almost impossible to find pure white over 8 wide.

Showing all 16 results. Hardwood lumber acer saccharum common names. Hard maple is a dense hardwood noted for its sturdy bright white sapwood. It has excellent turning properties a fine even texture and a natural luster.

Unlike most other hardwoods the sapwood of hard maple lumber is most commonly used rather than its heartwood. Sugar maple black maple aernigrum hard rock maple sapwood is white to creamy white with heartwood being pinkish to light brown close grained fine textured sometimes wavy or curly can be highly figured and or contain bird s eye figure. It has excellent turning properties a fine even texture and a natural luster. Hard white maple at least 90 white sapwood.

Hard maple maple also referred to as hard maple sugar maple or rock maple dimensional hardwood lumber is ready for your craftsmanship to be made into cabinets furniture trim or your own special project. The heartwood tends to be a darker reddish brown. If you require a hardwood species not listed or to purchase lengths longer than 12 please call us at 1 800 732 1697 or email. Our superior hard maple is grown in the most desirable northern hardwood regions of michigan and wisconsin and dried consistently white year round.

Our hard maple hardwood comes from premier growing areas for the species which are within about 100 mile radius 62 km of our manufacturing facilities in new york and pennsylvania.