Northwest Hardwood Trees

Founded in 1967 with a single mill and a pioneering spirit northwest hardwoods is the number one manufacturer and global distributor of hardwood related raw materials.

Northwest hardwood trees. Hardwood trees usually have broad flat leaves as opposed to coniferous needled or scaled tree foliage another name for a hardwood tree is appropriately broadleaf. Hardwoods angiosperms abachi triplochiton scleroxylon acacia acacia sp robinia pseudoacacia african padauk pterocarpus soyauxii afzelia doussi afzelia africana agba tola gossweilerodendron balsamiferum alder alnus black alder alnus glutinosa red alder alnus rubra ash fraxinus black ash fraxinus nigra blue ash fraxinus. The most common species in north america are oaks maple hickory birch beech and cherry. Northwest trees by stephen f.

Cascade olympic natural history a trailside reference by daniel matthews this book is an excellent all around nature guide for the pnw out of print but worth tracking down. However hunting for hardwoods in the pacific northwest which is dominated by conifers is a challenge. Over the years the company has steadily grown and expanded to become one of the largest manufacturers of hardwood lumber in north america. W elcome to the tree identification home page at oregon state university.

Feel free to skip through the pages to learn more about specific genera or to try your hand at identifying a tree specimen with a user friendly dichotomous key. Very few ever get to display their beautiful grain pattern and natural wood tone. Western growing region generally known for softwoods this region also produces a number of hardwood trees. Most but not all hardwoods are deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.

Alder ash birch and maple can be found growing throughout this region. See our hardwoods northwest hardwoods began in the pacific northwest with a single alder mill. Forests where a majority of their trees drop leaves at the end of the typical growing season are called deciduous forests. Hammerly a beautifully illustrated and well written book on pnw trees one of the best.

Arno and ramona p. Unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species. We supply distributors and oems with the most consistent precision graded hardwoods. Hardwood trees in our forests are unfortunately cut and left to rot burned in a slash pile or chipped for paper mills.

You can easily identify a hardwood from a conifer.