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Useful Wood Books & Literature
SUNY-ESF Wood Utilization Service

• Wood Handbook (2010) (pdf)
• Wood Handbook (2010) chapters, link to USDA FPL website (pdf)
• Wood Handbook (1999) (pdf)
• Wood Species Guide (pdf)
• North American Hardwoods (pdf)
• North American Softwoods (pdf)
• Illustrated Grading Guide (pdf)
• Dry Kiln Operators Manual (pdf)
• Air Drying (pdf)
• Drying Eastern Hardwood Lumber (pdf)
• Drying Hardwood Lumber (pdf)
• Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Woods (pdf)
• EMC of Wood (pdf)
• Storage of Lumber (pdf)
• Fuel Value Calculator (pdf)
• Fuel Value Calculator (xls)
• Primer on Wood Biomass for Energy (pdf)
• Tropical Timbers of the World (pdf)
• Properties of Imported Tropical Woods (pdf)