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Main Species:

Walnut

If you love the deep, luxurious look of dark wood, walnut is an excellent choice. Its warm, chocolate-toned heartwood features bold, wavy grain patterns that can vary from cabinet to cabinet. Because walnut is naturally rich in color, stain will only deepen and enhance its natural character rather than alter it. Walnut's combination of intense color, tight grain, and durability makes it a timeless choice for furniture and cabinetry.

White Oak

Dense, strong, and stiff, White Oak is built to last. Slightly stronger than Red Oak, it features a subtle, straight grain with soft green undertones. Its sapwood ranges from white to light brown, while heartwood varies from light to dark brown. White Oak's natural character and understated grain make it a beautiful, versatile choice for various carpentry manufacturers.

Other Species:

Ash

Ash lumber features a straight grain similar to that of oak. It is tough yet elastic, open-pored, and shock- resistant, making it flexible enough to be an excellent choice for steam bending. The White Ash commonly grown in Northeast Iowa offers a beautiful range from creamy white to pale yellow coloring in the sapwood and light to medium brown in the heartwood. These natural variations allow for characteristic options of white, brown, or variegated.

BasswooD

The wood is very light, soft, easily worked, and almost white in color. It is one of the favorite woods for the wood carver; in addition, the wood is used for frames of honeycombs, boxes for other foods and fruits, crates, barrels, Venetian blinds, slats and veneer for hidden parts of cabinets and furniture.

Cherry

Cherry has a slight tight grain pattern that is similar to Hard Maple. Cherry lumber is about two-thirds as hard as Hard Maple lumber and is more likely to dent under the same conditions and usage compared to its counterpart. Cherry's innate beauty comes from its rich dark tones found in the heartwood of the tree whereas the sapwood has a pale yellowish color. The color of the wood deepens to a deep reddish brown when exposed to the sun and will naturally darken over time.

Grey Elm

The course textured wood is strong, tougher than the European elms and is good for steam bending. The grain is usually straight but can be interlocking. The heartwood is a pale reddish-brown color. Common uses are furniture, cabinetry, cooperage, joinery and veneer.

Hard Maple

Hard maple usually has a straight tight grain; however, it occasionally produces a figured or curly grain. Hard Maple is exceptionally hard and is resistant to most abrasions, indentations and shock. The Northern White Maple grown in our region has a creamy white sapwood and light reddish-brown heart and may contain brown or black streaks

Hickory

The grain pattern of Hickory is mostly straight, however it may wander from the straight lines to form a triangular pattern which often times comes to a sharp point. Hickory is harder than oak and highly stress resistant. The color variation in hickory can range from white to brown and may contain streaks of deep brown caused by birds pecking on the hickory tree. Hickory can take on yellow tones. With such extreme changes in color, hickory is most often sold in its calico (variegated) form but may also be purchased as a rustic product including a variety of colors, knots and other natural characteristics.

Red Elm

Red Elm is known for its strength and toughness. It is a closed grain wood with interlocking grain which makes it resistant to splitting while its elasticity lends itself well to applications that require bending. Red Elm has a reddish-brown coloring with the heartwood dimming to a yellowish green. Red Elm is a rarer wood species; however, it is one of the specialties of our milling facilities at Kendrick Forest Products and is readily available for customers.

Red Oak

The Northern Red Oak is a strong, straight grained wood and is one of the most stable of all domestic woods. The open pores in Red Oak absorb more of the stain so the grain patterns often become more evident. The sapwood of Red Oak is white to light brown while the heartwood is a pinkish brown and carries red tones.

Soft Maple

The term “Soft Maple” does not refer to any specific species of maple, but rather, it’s a broad term which includes several different species of maple. The term “Soft Maple” is merely used to differentiate these species from Hard Maple. Depending on where you live, different species might be sold as Soft Maple. Some of the most common are Red Maple and Silver Maple. Each of these maples have their own characteristics regarding strength, hardness, weight, etc., but overall, they are not as hard nor as strong as Hard Maple.