Ambrosia Maple Furniture
Ambrosia maple is considered a decorative feature which gives the wood additional character and can be available for purchase.
Ambrosia maple furniture. Ambrosia maple is a general term attached to a variety of acer true maple species whose boards included colorful bug trails caused by a fungus carried by the ambrosia beetle which penetrates the tree sap as the beetle eats into the tree and it spreads both through the worm hole and up and down in the tree carried along by the sap and causes discoloring of the wood in streaks. Our striking looking ambrosia maple shelves tops and accessories provide attractive storage for music movie collections as well as elegant and flexible modular furniture for myriad other uses. Ambrosia maple wood slabs ambrosia maple is typically found in soft maple.
Ambrosia maple isn t necessarily a specific tree but an effect on the appearance of the wood of the red or soft maple tree that s been infested by the ambrosia beetle. Ambrosia maple spalted slab live edge tree slice wood cookie table top thick slice. Suitable for furniture joinery ambrosia maple flooring turning paneling veneering.
The beautiful greyish brown streaks in the wood are caused by the ambrosia beetle. Ambrosia maple used for our modular furniture is locally kiln dried the wood used for our striking looking ambrosia maple modular shelves and their accessories comes from the same amish sawmill that sources our maple lumber. The majority of ambrosia maple is found in species of soft maple.
30 2 to 38 0 lbs ft 3 485 to 610 kg m 3 depending on species. Ambrosia maple wormy maple botanical designation. After rough cutting this maple is conventionally dried by the kiln used by other furniture makers in the amish community.
The infestation results in numerous gray fungus streaks and discolorations. Primarily temperate regions in the northern hemisphere average dried weight. Not a distinct species of maple.
Our striking looking ambrosia maple shelves tops and accessories provide attractive storage for music movie collections as well as elegant and flexible modular furniture for myriad other uses. When the beetle bores into the wood it leaves a fungus which creates the streaks.