OAK White

Eastern USA (especially Central States) and through Appalachian region

From light brown with a greyish tinge in the heartwood to shades of ochre in the sapwood.

More pronounced and longer rays than red oak, and more frequently rift-sawn for the comb-grain, pin striped figure than red oak.

Pores are angular and very numerous and filled with glistening substrate called tyloses, which makes this wood especially suitable for water-tight containers (barrel staves) and where water resistance is required. Tannic acid in the wood protects it from fungi and insects. Closer grain than red oak.