sample plank and end grain sold to me as red alder / Alnus oregena (the proper spelling of the specific epithet seems to be oregona, and the wood is also known as Oregon alder)
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides and both ends of a sample piece of European alder
end grain of the piece directly above
sold to me as "red alder" (veneer). The color on this is not quite right. The wood is a little more creamy than the picture shows.
a long veneer sheet and a couple of closeups from it. The distance pic is just slightly too red but the closeups have very accurate color.
This veneer sheet was loaned to me by John Koehn whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
white alder (Alnus rhombifolia, also listed as California alder and mountain alder) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are available for each of the 3 views
flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
Oregon alder (Alnus oregona, also listed as red alder) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are available for each of the 3 views. I note that the spelling "oregano" for the specific eptihet, although I believe it to be incorrect, is used almost as often as "oregona" which I belive to be correct, not just because the Wood Book uses it (I have found mistakes in the Wood Book) but because "Oregon" and "oregona" seem to go together better.
web pics
planks with wet and dry sections; the first was listed as Alnus glutinosa and is quartersawn and the second is flat cut
planks
several views of a pile of planks
quartersawn plank listed as American alder / Alnus rubra
turning stock listed as Pacific alder / Alnus rubra
planks identified as "frogskin" alder --- I don't know if that's just a made-up marketing term or a more widely recognized type of figure.
alder veneer
bookmatched figured veneer listed as Alnus glutinosa
veneer listed as Alnus glutinosa
veneer listed as American alder / Alnus rubra
veneer listed as European alder / Alnus Glutinosa
burl veneer
red alder planks
red alder veneer
listed as "knotty" alder
turning stock
alder planks all from one vendor
another set of planks, all from one vendor
alder plywood
sets for guitar backs, all from one vendor
spalted alder, some showing end grain --- all of these pics show up better in the enlargements. Apparently spalting in alder produces a mottled effect in addition to, and sometimes rather than, the black lines more normally associated with spalting.
spalted scales
pen blanks --- the first set is listed as spalted angle cut, the second as spalted and the third as wormy. I have no idea how accurate the color is on any of these but I suspect that it is WAY off since this doesn't even begin to look like any alder I've ever seen.
solid pieces sold as guitar blanks --- the first one is spalted and shows up better in the enlargement
guitar backs
quilted plank
listed as "bird's eye" alder but I'm not confident of either that designation or the color
guitar body
doors made from alder --- I'm guessing that the first 2 have some kind of darkening finish on them, but it could just be the lighting.
kid's box
two pics of the same bowl. I suspect the one on the right is closer to the correct color, but in any case this is yet another example of the difficulties of getting color-correct pics of wood on the internet.
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