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| | Scientific Name: | Acer saccharum | | | Common Name: | Ambrosia Maple | | | Family: | X |
| | | | Type: | Temperate Hardwood | | Other names: | Rock Maple, Hard Maple | | Sources: | North America | | Color: | Pale, darkening toward heart | | Texture: | Even and fine | | Grain: | Straight to wavy | | Hardness: | Hard | | Weight: | Medium to heavy (46 lb./cu. ft.) |
Sugar Maple, is a Northeastern US/Canadian species from which most real maple syrup is derived. It is also among the hardest of the maples (also acer nigrum). | |  |
 Widely used for necks in stringed instruments, this wood is relatively stiff and stable, in good supply with a relatively reasonable price. Texture is fine and even, giving this wood a smooth feel and excellent finishing properties. | |
| | Common Uses · Furniture and flooring · Interior trim · Turning · Butchers' blocks Strengths · Hard, strong and heavy · Distinctive figure · Even, fine texture | 
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