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Visual Guide: What the Actual Trees of 52 Different Wood Species Look Like

From Acacia to Zebrawood

By Rain Noe - May 29, 2018

in Materials | Wood Species

If you've seen our excellent series on different species of wood, by looking at boards you can identify the ones most commonly used in furniture and homebuilding. But do you know what an actual Poplar, Walnut or Zebrawood tree looks like? Could you actually draw one if you were playing some forestry version of Pictionary?

Well, here's a visual guide if you're curious:

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Robert Wilkey

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Pretty excellent! And in my opinion, the right level of detail for an infographic like this.

The only addition I would make is a qualifier next to the rarity category - "Rare (in the US)"

Purpleheart is so common in S. America that its used for shipping pallets

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Sean Thackston

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this is amazing.

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