Hardwood
Manufacturers
Association

Many of the customers we serve at Highland Hardwoods come to us with very little or no actual knowledge about hardwoods, their properties and characteristics. This information including density, grain pattern, color, texture, weight, workability and recommended uses etc., is of vital importance to assist our customers in choosing the type of hardwoods appropriate for their particular application.

Here at Highland Hardwoods we feel strongly that education regarding the resource itself is an important part of our company's mission as a leading distributor of hardwood lumber and secondary wood products. Below is a listing of the various hardwoods currently available at Highland Hardwoods.

To learn more about the woods and their properties, click on the particular wood species that is of interest to you and further explore the wonderful world of hardwoods.

To further assist you, here are some valuable links to some interesting websites that contain information about many other North American, South American and African Hardwood species:

Hardwood Information Center Species Guide www.hardwoodinfo.com/species_guide/display_species.asp
ISW (Industrial Strength Woodworking) Online Wood Of The Month Archives www.iswonline.com/index-wwp.html
Woodworkers Source Regions: North America; Central and South America; Africa www.exotichardwoods-southamerica.com/
Exotic-Woods.com www.exotic-wood.com/
Maine Traditions Flooring www.mainetraditionsflooring.com
A special "Thank You!" to Forest Products Society of Madison Wisconsin, and the International Wood Collectors Society, for use of many of the photos used in the Hardwood Dictionary and throughout our website.