Name Degame (Calycophyllum candidissimum)
Type Hardwood.
Other Names Also known as lemonwood and lancewood.
Sources Grows in Cuba, Central America, and S. America.
Appearance Generally straight grained, occasionally markedly irregular with a low luster and very fine texture. Broad sapwood, white to brownish white in color with variegated dark brown heartwood. (Heartwood has no commercial importance).
Physical Props Hard, heavy, tough, and resilient with high bending and crushing strengths, moderate stiffness and shock resistance, good stability in use and low decay resistance.
Working Props Very good steam bending and turning properties. Works easily with sharp tools. Holds nails and screws well without pre-drilling. Responds very well to stains and finishes.
Uses Valued for archery bows, turnery, sculpture, and carving. Also used for tool handles, fishing rods, shuttles, billiard sticks, pulleys, rules and scales (viable substitute for boxwood), organ parts, agricultural implements, flooring, and cabinetry.

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Name Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Type Hardwood.
Other Names Also known as arrow wood, cornel, false boxwood, Florida boxwood, boxwood, and bunchberry.
Sources Grows in United States and southern Canada.
Appearance Very compact, interlocked grain with a fine uniform texture. Dark brown heartwood, sometimes streaked with white lines, and wide, creamy white to pinkish sapwood. Most commercially available dogwood composed of sapwood.
Physical Props Very heavy, hard, strong, and shock resistant - one of the strongest and hardest in the United States. Poor decay resistance and dimensional stability.
Working Props Works reasonably well owing to its close grain. Glues easily and finishes to a glossy smoothness. Renowned for staying smooth and intact under continuous wear.
Uses Used for textile weaving shuttles, spools, bobbins, mallet heads, golf club heads, pulleys, levers, tool handles, jeweler's blocks, skids, sporting goods, and machinery bearings.

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Name Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Type Softwood.
Other Names Also known as Douglas spruce, coast Douglas-fir, Douglas yew, blue Douglas-fir, Oregon pine, red fir, and red spruce.
Sources Grows in western United States and Canada; introduced to UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
Appearance Generally straight, sometimes wavy grained with a medium to fairly coarse texture. Yellowish to orange-red heartwood and whitish to reddish white sapwood. Typically free of knots.
Physical Props Quite variable in terms of color, weight, strength and working properties but frequently of average weight with moderate to high strength, moderate shock resistance, and high stiffness. Somewhat brittle and susceptible to splitting (poor for steam bending).
Working Props Works fairly easily by machine but requires sharp hand tools. Good turning properties. Glues, screws, and nails satisfactorily. Stains and varnishes easily but takes paint poorly.
Uses Plywood, paneling, trim, cooperage, tanks, ship knees, silos, studs, joists, laminated beams and arches, boxes, crates, pallets, and flooring.
Comments One of the most important woods in the world for construction plywood.

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