is found in Europe, North-America and Asia. Its heart-wood is extremely hard and weather-resistant. It has a strong acidic and aromatic smell when fresh. Its wood often shows the decorative shimmering fiddle-back. Oaks reach a very high age up to 1000 years.

Use: fine furniture, veneer, parquet, ship-construction and barrels for red vine and spirits.

inhabits North-America, Northern-Europe and Asia. Its wood is harder than that of the European oak, but at the same time very flexible. Its yellow hue increases as the timber dries out. There is a fine radial quilted figure.

Uses: matches, furniture, rotary cut veneer, paper, tool-handles, shoe-heels, musical-instruments. Bark is used for healing-essences and canoe-construction.

inhabits North-America, Europe, Asia and North-Africa. Its wood is very hard and lacks a clear distinction between heart- and sapwood and features remarkably broad medullary rays. The timber is very flexible while steamed and therefore often used for the bow of ships.

Use: toys, furniture, plywood. Activated carbon is used for medical purposes and the wood to smoke foods.

inhabits Central-Europe, Asia and North-America. It is a typical admixed tree species. Its wood is of only moderate hardness, but very supple. It contains great amounts of tannic-acid and is not weather-resistant.

Uses: fine furniture, veneer, parquet, drum-sticks, tool-handles, sport-equipment. Its bark contains diuretic substances.

grows in Europe and Asia. Its wood often shows the decorative fiddle-back figure, and is one of the most valuable amongst the broad-leaved trees. Sugar Maple (an Acer sub-species) features the highly valued bird’s eye grain.

Uses: fine furniture, turnery, parquet, floorboards, veneer, kitchen-utensils and musical-instruments.

inhabits Northern- and Central-Europe and Near-Asia. It likes to mingle with spruce, fir and birch. Its wood is highly resinous, aromatic and weather-resistent. There is prominent quilted figures in the tangential sections. Use: furniture, parquet, floorboards, tubs, vats, ship-construction, cladding and shingle-roofs. Its resin is used for medical purposes.

is found in Central- and Southern-Europe, as well as in North-America. It’s wood is poorly weather-resistant, highly resinous and of moderate hardness with striking radial comb grain. In summer the tree bears delicious fruits.

Uses: fine furniture, turnery, parquet, floorboards, veneer and musical instruments

inhabits Europe, the Middle-East, Asia and North-America. Its wood is moderately hard, homogenous, easy to work with and very durable under water. Its color ranges from violet to brillant orange-yellow.

Use: furniture, veneer, children’s toys, kitchen-utensils, modeling, ceiling-lining, prosthetics, sculptures.

is usually found in Central-, Southern- and Eastern-Europe, as well as North-America. Its wood is remarkably hard with prominent quilted figures in the tangential section. It is highly flexible and weather-resistant.

Uses: furniture, turnery, parquet, floorboards, staircases, garden furniture and construction timber for excellent exterior use.

inhabits southern-Europe, Asia-Minor and parts of North-Africa. Its wood resembles that of the oak, is very weather-resistant and very durable under water. It is easy to split and to work with.

Uses: barrels, vineyard poles, sheeting for protection against avalanches. Its tannic-acid is extracted from the wood and bark.