Common North American Hardwood Trees

The bur oak is the most common oak in america and it can grow to a height of 160 feet tall and 8 feet wide.

Common north american hardwood trees.

Others like birch are fairly soft. The common north american ash species. You can easily identify a hardwood from a conifer. It s virtually insect and fungal resistant and is often used in construction frames and flooring.

Common types of hardwood fruit include acorns nuts berries pomes fleshy fruit like apples drupes stone fruit like peaches samaras winged pods and capsules flowers. Other significant ash trees to cover significant ranges are black ash carolina ash and blue ash. The most common species in north america are oaks maple hickory birch beech and cherry. This wood is almost always labeled as white oak in the market.

Hardwoods have either simple or compound leaves. This guide features 20 of the most abundant and most often used hardwood species. More than 52 of all hardwoods in north america are oak trees. The guide to american hardwood species.

In addition to the basics where they grow general description and abundance. Green and white ash trees are the two most common ash species and their range covers most of the eastern united states and canada. Most common hardwoods unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species. Most but not all hardwoods are deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.