Mainly planted in North America, mostly from the United States for commercial purpose, the main forest are in Pennsylvanian, Virginia and New York.

  Common character: pith from deep red to light red-brown, has straight grain, there are narrow brown marrow marks and tiny gum pocket in the thin grain, has close structure. The average density is 580kg/m3, the proportion is 0.58.

Mechanics character: performance good when curving, low hardness, mid intension.

Processing character: easy to be processed by hand-tools or machines, low abrasion to cut tools, nail-holding ability is good. Quickly dried, the shrinkage is big, but has stable size after dying.

Purpose: can be used for wood floor, tobacco pipe, music structures, furniture and closet, decoration inside boat, specially good in decoration in cars. Can be used in decoration of surface of furniture.

Effect of decoration: warm red, luxury, match elegance wood. Prices ranges quite differently from different woods, imported board has better quality, and high price of course.