Those frames and planks need to be made of a very rare wood. The oak trees they're looking for are around 100 feet tall, more than four feet wide, and don't have any knots.

Post oak’s popularity has put it in high demand, but some wood suppliers may try to pass off white oak, live oak, and even red oak as post oak. Here’s how to tell the difference.

White oak went into the exterior hull and parts of the keel. Live oak, which, unlike the white oak, is short and gnarled was used in the skeleton (from “Wood that Went to War” Wood Magazine).

Swamp white oak can be affected by pests such as anthracnose, powdery mildew, chlorosis in high pH soils, insect galls and oak wilt. In general, lumber from the white oak group is among the heaviest ...

White oak trees that play a key role in the ecosystem and economy of Mid-Atlantic regional states will see a significant decline soon without action to help the species regenerate. That’s the ...

Q. We just received some 4/4 white oak lumber and we tested the MC and found that it was between 4.3 and 5.0 percent MC using the oven test. This is too dry. Our spec is 7.0 percent MC.