Hearne Hardwoods with over 120 species of domestic and exotic hardwoods in stock, is one of the largest specialty lumber yards in the world. We carry French Oak wood please visit our site to learn more about French Oak lumber.

Origin of Wood Type:	Europe
Botanical Name:	Quercus petraea
Specific Gravity:	.72
Avg. Weight Per BF (?):	3.75 lb/ bf
Color Range:	Brown
Rarity / Availability: (?):	Readily Available
Typical Avg. Width:	3" to 20"
Typical Avg. Length:	6' to 16' feet
Avg. Waste Factor (?):	50%
Wood Uses:	Fine Furniture, Cabinetry, Architecural Millwork, Wood Turning, Boat Building, Wood Carving, Flooring, Veneers and many other uses!
lumber Grades (?):	Quarter-Sawn, Flitch, Veneer
Other Trade Names:	European Oak, French Oak, German Oak, Spessart Oak, Fultz Oak
Description:	The finest “French oak” actually comes from the Spessart forest in Germany, a forest that has been carefully manages for three hundred years and should be used as the model for world wide sustainable hardwood management. This is a forest in which trees will only be harvested when they are fully mature, a process in white oak that takes two to three hundred years. The harvesting is done very carefully to be unobtrusive to recreational users of this resource. At the annual Spessart log auction the bidders represent the top veneer, wine barrel makers and lumber companies in Europe, competing for this limited outstanding product. The finest textured white oak Golden brown color very close to old growth North American white oak *Used for fine veneers and the best wine barrels ~Click Here to View Available French Oak on our Internet Store