Acer spp. of the family Aceraceae. Various pictures of wood identified only as maple and which I am unable to put into any of the other maple categories and/or for which I don't have enough samples to warrant a page of their own.
my samples: NOTE: these pics were all taken in very bright incandescent lighting ("soft white" at 2700K) colors will vary under other lighting conditions
both sides of a sample plank of Japanese maple (aka diamond bark maple) / Acer rufinerve --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Japanese maple (aka diamond bark maple) / Acer rufinerve --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of vine maple / Acer circinatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of vine maple / Acer circinatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of vine maple; I note that the end grain update pic below shows significantly different characteristics from those in the other sample on this page of vine maple, so I'm a bit dubious about the ID on this one. I further note that this sample does not exhibit the very slightly translucent surface quality that is on both the other samples of vine maple and on the spoon at the bottom of this page and this makes me even more dubious about the ID on this one.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above --- the color on these two pics is too gray
both sides of a sample plank of vine maple / Acer circinatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of vine maple / Acer circinatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Douglas maple / Acer glabrum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Douglas maple / Acer glabrum var douglasii --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Douglas maple / Acer glabrum var douglasii --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Florida maple / Acer barbatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of striped maple / Acer pensylvanicum --- these two pics have just a hint of green that is not in the wood. This species is also called Pennsylvania maple and the specific epithet is also sometimes incorrectly spelled "pennsylvanicum".
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of striped maple / Acer pensylvanicum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. This species is also called Pennsylvania maple and the specific epithet is also sometimes spelled pennsylvanicum.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above. The end grain closeup has a pink tint that the wood does not have.
both sides of a sample plank of striped maple / Acer pensylvanicum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. This species is also called Pennsylvania maple and the specific epithet is also sometimes spelled pennsylvanicum.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of striped maple / Acer pensylvanicum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of striped maple / Acer pensylvanicum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Japanese maple / Acer palmatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Japanese maple / Acer palmatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. NOTE: this whole set of pics is too red/orange and will be redone
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of mountain maple / acer spicatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. This piece has a heavy mineral stain which is fairly common for maple.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of mountain maple / acer spicatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of mountain maple / Acer spicatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of mountain maple / Acer spicatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of mountain maple / Acer spicatum --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. This piece has a heavy mineral stain, which is fairly common for maple.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of amur maple / Acer ginnala (a synonym for Acer tataricum) --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. This species is also known as Russian maple. The sample is edge-joined at the middle right where there is a bit of heartwood. The labeled side is raw but the 2nd side has been sanded to 240 grit and so does not have the very slight yellow patina that the labeled side has.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of amur maple / Acer tataricum var ginnala --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Asian maple / Acer caudatum var ukurunduense --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Asian maple / Acer caudatum var ukurunduense --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. This piece is fully quartersawn in the lower area and shows some nice ray flakes on the first face.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of spalted hedge maple / Acer campestrie --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of spalted hedge maple / Acer campestrie --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Chinese striped maple / Acer davidii --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Chinese striped maple / Acer davidii --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. The figure is better in person than what shows up in the pic, partiallly due to some nice chatoyancy.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of European field maple / Acer campestrie --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
maple, most likely hard (sugar) maple, that was recovered from the Platte River in northwestern Michigan after having been on the bottom for about 100 years. It was recovered by a correspondent who tells me that it is technically illegal to salvage logs from Michigan rivers because the Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) prohibits anything from being taken from a waterway, especially a fishery. Notice the nice tight grain on this piece, as shown in the end grain pics below.
end grain and end grain closeup of the salvaged piece directly above
perfectly quartersawn side grain and side grain closeup of the salvaged piece directly above
both sides of a sample of maple / Acer spp. --- HUGE enlargements are present. This was sent to me for ID after it was discussed on the Wood Barter forum in this thread: wood barter thread
The consensus was that it is definitely some kind of maple and my own analysis suggests that based on the thickness of the rays, it's most likely canyon maple / Acer grandidentatum.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
four small pieces of maple --- detailed pics of each end grain and high grit end grain closeup are shown below
end grain and end grain closeup of a small piece of maple
end grain and end grain closeup of a small piece of maple with some spalting
end grain and end grain closeup of a small piece of maple
end grain and end grain closeup of a small piece of spalted maple
a few pieces from a batch of flat cut maple planks that I bought because of the nice ray flakes along the edges as shown in the second pic. HUGE enlargements are present. I don't know what kind of maple this is for sure but the fingernail test says it's hard maple.
plank listed as "figured" maple, shot at a lumber yard because of the green section, which is an unusually sharply delineated mineral stain --- HUGE enlargements are present.
A set of pics showing various views of some pieces of wood tapped for maple sugar and showing the characteristic "ambrosia maple" type stain from the metal in the tap hole --- HUGE enlargements are present. The pics were contributed to the site by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions. Actually, now that I think about it, this is almost certainly sugar maple so these pics should be on the hard maple page. These pics were shot in daylight and have not been color corrected so the wood looks more white than the tan that it actually is. See the pics directly below for a couple of examples.
Mark loaned me a couple of the pieces in the big batch directly above this set so I could get my own pics. I took a couple of angled shots of the face grain to show the amazingly long rays in the first piece --- HUGE enlargements are present of all 4 pics. The tan color is correct, as opposed to the more white color in the daylight shots above. Note how the cleaned up end grain shows how perfectly quartersawn this piece is. It is not JUST perfectly quartersawn, however, it is also split exactly along a line following the rays which explains the fact that the rays run all the way across the face. Had the face been completely flattened, the rays would not have each run all the way across.
another tap-hole piece from Mark, first raw and then cleaned up a bit. The raw pics is an inverted view of the upper left in the cleaned up surface. The end grain shows nicely how various tap holes were near each other and caused numerous dark streaks, like ambrosia maple
small burl block
same small burl block as above but moistened with water, which clearly makes a substantial difference in the color and beauty of the piece
finished maple burl box-top shot at a craft store
burl veneer matched pairs
burl veneer matched pair with a monkey-face shown clearly
burl veneer sheet and closeup
maple cluster burl veneer sheets --- pics contributed by Danny Tjan, whom I thank for these and other contributions to the site.
"Patagonian" maple flooring sample donated by Dale Romain (thanks, Dale) --- I haven't yet attempted to find what this might be a synonym for, if anything. I think it might just mean "South American". I've rough sanded this piece and the scratches are still very visible but both the side grain and the end grain show up very nicely in the enlargements.
flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
striped maple (Acer pennsylvanicum, also listed as moose wood, striped dogwood and whistle wood) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are available for each of the 3 views. Note that the specific epithet is now accepted only as pensylvanicum, not with two n's
flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
vine maple (Acer circinatum) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are available for each of the 3 views
web pics:
end grain of a piece listed as maple / Acer campestrie
planks listed as maple / Acer campestrie
burls
bookmatched burl slabs
burl pieces shown both dry and wet
both sides of a burl section
cluster burl veneer
angel step cluster veneer
crotch
figured
listed as "tiger" maple, which is what some vendors call fiddleback or strong curl pieces
figured bookmatched
figured veneer
flat cut figured veneer
raisin veneer
crotch veneer
russian maple
listed as fiddleback golden maple
soft maple planks
soft maple veneer
sugar maple
tiger stripe veneer --- some vendors call fiddleback figure "tiger"
western maple burl veneer
western fiddleback veneer
fiddleback veneer
western maple veneer
curly white maple
quilted white maple
listed as "flamed" red heart plank
red heart planks
rotary cut American maple veneer
American maple veneer
burl veneer
bookmatched burl veneer all from the same vendor
bookmatched angel step veneer sheets
angel step veneer sheets
pomelle veneer
this was listed as "sonoma maple" burl but I cannot verify that "sonoma maple" is a common name for wood, so I assume that designation is a mistake
pacific coast maple
figured Oregon maple
soft maple burl
blistered western maple veneer
listed as "crown" maple
the maple in this little section was listed as "Eastern", a designation that I do not find in any reference works.
listed as quartersawn curly "Eastern rock" maple and looks to me to be red maple
listed as curly "Eastern" veneer
these are all from the BogusColorVendor. I seriously doubt that the actual wood has much or any of the red shown here. This is typical of the misrepresentation of this vendor.
figured maple
spalted piece with cluster burl
burl plank and a figured plank
two views of a silver maple vase
both sides of a silver maple bowl
silver maple bowl --- the dark streaks/dots are stated to be resin canals; bowl turned by Wes Murphy. I'm a bit doubtful about the "resin canals" since those are normally limited to softwoods in the family Pinaceae (the pine family). I have heard that woods that do not normally have resin canals can develop them due to trauma, but I don't know whether or not that extends to hardwoods such as maple.
silver maple natural edge bowl
maple burl platter
maple burl hollow form
maple burl bowls
maple burl bowl shot at a craft fair --- HUGE enlargements are present, showing the burl grain very clearly
nested bowl set listed as maple burl
maple burl guitar sets
boomerang made from figured maple
cooking spoon made from vine maple by correspondent William Brooke in Beautiful Mt. Lehman, B.C. (I say that somewhat tongue in cheek because I have never been to B.C., but william says it is so and who am I to argue). William has provided me with considerable information on vine maple and I will post that when I get his sending of a direct sample of the wood, which he is drying right now. As he points out, the wood appears to have a slightly translucent quality at the transition point between early and late growth.
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