Table  3-1.-Common  Woods–Continued TYPES SOURCES USES CHARACTERISTICS Pleasure   boats,   medium- Not   a   true   mahogany,   shrinks, PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY Philippine  Islands grade furniture, interior trim expands, splits, warps, but available in long, wide, clear boards Virginias, Low-grade  furniture,  cheaply Soft,  cheap,  obtainable  in  wide Tennessee, constructed  buildings,  interior    boards,  warps,  shrinks,  rots  easily, POPLAR Kentucky, and finish,   shelving   drawers, light, brittle, weak, but works easily Mississippi boxes and  holds  nails  well,  fine-textured Valley Mothproof  chests,  lining  for Very  light;  soft,  weak,  brittle,  low East of Colorado linen closets, sills, and other shrinkage, great durability, fragrant RED CEDAR and  north  of uses similar to white cedar scent,  generally  knotty,  beautiful Florida when  finished  in  natural  color,  easily worked Virginias, Interior   finish,   furniture, Tends  to  warp,  coarse  grain,  does  not Tennessee, cabinets, millwork, crossties last  well  when  exposed  to  weather, RED  OAK Arkansas, when  preserved porous,   easily   impregnated   with Kentucky,  Ohio, preservative,  heavy,  tough,  strong Missouri, Maryland General construction, tanks, Inferior  to  yellow  pine  and  fir  in paneling strength,  shrinks  and  splits  little, REDWOOD California extremely soft, light, straight grained, very durable, exceptional y resistant to  decay New York, New Railway ties, resonance wood, Light,  soft,  low  strength,  fair  dur- England,  West piles, airplanes, oars, masts, ability,  close  grain,  yellowish,  sap Virginia,  central spars,  baskets wood   indistinct SPRUCE Canada, Great Lakes  states, Idaho, Washington, Oregon SUGAR PINE California  and Same as white pine Very  light,  soft,  resembles  white  pine Oregon India, Burma, Deck planking, shaft logs for Light  brown  color,  strong,  easily TEAK Thailand, and small boats worked, durable, resistant to moisture Java damage 3-23