| In hardwoods especially, the heartwood coloration is preferred and the sometimes lighter sapwood may be considered a defect and discarded. |
| This freestanding bench uses Construction Common or Deck Common redwood grades that have a pleasing mix of heartwood and sapwood. |
| My Hillside Deluxe room, with its louvered doors and green heartwood furniture, was like a tree house built by Swiss castaways. |
| Their decay-resistant heartwood is highly valued for construction, and logging in Sequoia National Forest has gone on for over a century. |
| Decayed heartwood may sufficiently weaken trees enough to increase ice and wind mortality. |
| In the inner heartwood, these bodies were rarefying and cell walls became impregnated by a brown colour. |
