Bird's Eye Maple

(Acer saccharum) Bird's Eye Maple has a fine white grain with and subtle irridescence across the grain.

Bloodwood

(Brosimum paraense) Bloodwood is from Central to South America. The heartwood of Bloodwood is found in various shades of rich, lustrous red and yellow overlaid with a golden sheen. The sapwood is a yellowish white. Bloodwood is odorless and tasteless. The texture is fine to coarse whild the grain is straight to variable.

Bubinga

(Guibourtia spp.) This West African hardwood is also known as African Rosewood. Color varies from red to brown or violet with streaks or lines of dark purple. Moderately hard and heavy, medium textured with somewhat wavy grain.

Cocoboa Rosewood

(Dalbergia retusa) Harvested in the Pacific Regions of Central America, extending from Southern Mexico to Panama. Color varies from a deep rich orange-red with black striping or mottle figure, has a “cinnamon-like” odor. Natural oils give the wood a high polish.

Honduras Rosewood

(Dalbergia stevensonia) This Central American hardwood grows exclusively in Belize and is lighter than Brazilian, light-pinkish brown or purplish, streaked with light and dark bands.

Lacewood

(Cardwellia sublimes) or (Euplassa pinnata) From two primary sources, Australia and South America Lacewood is referred to as “Silky” Oak, however not related to Oak. Lacewood is light pinkish tan with a silvery-pink sheen. Quarter-sliced to yield the flaky grain character. Moderately heavy and hard.

Olive

Purple Heart

(Peltogyne porphyrocardia) Also known as violetwood. Purpleheart distribution is from Central America and tropical South America. The heartwood is a deep purple-violet when freshly cut, maturingto a dark, rich brown.

Quarter-Sawn Oak

(Quercus alba) White Oak varies in color from pale yellow-brown to biscuit with pinkish tint. Quarter sawing brings out the ray fleck in the Oak that you do not see in flat sawn boards.

Walnut

(Juglans nigra) Walnut has a beautiful grain, rich brown in color, and a hard, smooth texture. Moderately heavy, very strong for its weight and exceptionally stable.

Firewood

I found this in a pile of firewood in Winters, CA. I have no idea what it is.