Table  3-1.-Common  Woods–Continued TYPES SOURCES USES CHARACTERISTICS Eastern  half  of Expensive  furniture,  cabinets, Fine  cabinet  wood,  coarse  grained U.S. except interior   woodwork,   gun but  takes  beautiful  finish  when  pores southern Atlantic stocks,  tool  handles,  airplane closed   with   wood   filler,   medium WALNUT and  gulf  coasts, propellers,  fine  boats,  musical weight, hard, strong, easily worked, some in New instruments dark  chocolate  color,  does  not  warp Mexico,  Arizona, or check brittle California Boat planking, railroad ties, Soft,  lightweight,  close  grained, Eastern  coast  of shingles,  siding,  posts,  poles exceptionally durable when exposed WHITE  CEDAR U. S., and around to   water,   not   strong   enough   for Great Lakes building   construction,   brittle,   low shrinkage, fragment, generally knotty Boat and ship stems, stern- Heavy, hard, strong, medium coarse The  Virginias, posts,  knees,  sheer  strakes, grain, tough, dense, most durable of Tennessee, fenders,  capping,  transoms, hardwoods,  elastic,  rather  easy  to Arkansas, shaft logs, framing for build- work, but shrinks and likely to check. WHITE  OAK Kentucky,  Ohio, ings,  strong  furniture,  tool Light  brownish  grey  in  color  with Missouri, handles, crossties, agricultural reddish   tinge,   medullary   rays   are Maryland, and implements,  fence  posts large  and  outstanding  and  present Indiana beautiful figures when quarter sawed, receives high polish Minnesota, Patterns, any interior job or Easy  to  work,  fine  grain,  free  of Wisconsin, exterior   job   that   doesn’t knots,  takes  excellent  finish,  durable Maine, require  maximum  strength, when  exposed  to  water,  expands WHITE PINE Michigan,  Idaho, window  sash,  interior  trim, when  wet,  shrinks  when  dry,  soft, Montana, millwork, cabinets, cornices white,  nails  without  splitting,  not Washington, very strong, straight grained Oregon,  and California Most  important  lumber  for Hard, strong, heartwood is durable in heavy   construction   and the   ground,   grain   varies,   heavy, exterior  work,  keelsons, tough,   reddish   brown   in   color, risings,  filling  pieces,  clamps, resinous,  medullary  rays  well  marked YELLOW PINE Virginia to Texas floors,   bulkheads   of   small boats, shores, wedges, plugs, strongbacks,  staging,  joists, posts,  piling,  ties,  paving blocks 3-24