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Maple

Maple covers many different trees in the Acer family. In general it is a light colored wood, creamy white to yellow in hue with darker soft brown or yellow grain. Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a large tree native to the Pacific Northwest, and it often has highly figured wood, spalting and burls. Ambrosia Maple, also called sugar maple, is a creamy white maple with grey streaks and often has worm holes. Figured maple is often described as "tiger", "flame" or "curly" maple depending on the patterns in the wood.

See Also
Birdseye Maple, Maple Burl, Figured Maple, Spalted Maple.

NWFW does not sell wood; only items made from wood. Please see our links page for wood retailers. If you would like detailed information on specific woods used in any of our items, please contact us.

Northwest Fine Woodworking encourages the use of woods from sustainable yield resources.

For more information on wood types, we recommend the World Woods in Color by William Lincoln and other books on our recommended reading page.