Ambrosia Maple
Much like Spalted Maple and other forms of figured maple, Ambrosia Maple is technically not a specific species of Maple, but rather a general description of any type of Maple that has been infested by ambrosia beetles.
The beetles bore into the tree, and with it bring fungus that discolors the wood.
Density varies among the half dozen or so species marketed as soft maple.
The densest and strongest of the soft maples is red maple (acer rubrum, with a specific gravity of 0.49.) All of the soft maples are close-grained, with excellent turning and shaping characteristics; heartwood pale reddish-brown, sometimes variegated with other pale colors, sapwood nearly white.
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