oak and furniture suitable for furniture, cabinetmaking, joinery, heavy construction, parquet and strip flooring, ladder rungs, plywood, veneers, paneling, railroad ties, shakes, shingles. if interest in anytype of furnitures, wooden furnitures all types of wood, sandalwood. white oak wood description white oak varies in color from light tan to pale yellow-brown with a pinkish tinge. it is similar to european oak. straight grained with characteristic silver grain in quarter sawn wood. medium to coarse texture. white oak is somewhat more figured than red oak due to longer rays. weight averages 45-47lbs cu. ft. country of origin.... cameroon botanical name.........quercus alba mechanical properties... medium bending and crushing strength. low stiffness makes it an excellent steam bending wood.