Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [wood and wood by product]
9. wood (plant material)
10. [wood by composition or origin]
11. hardwood
12. maple (wood)

Anotations

Scope note:

Wood of the species Acer palmatum, native to Japan. It has a creamy white sapwood that is not sharply defined from the heartwood, but it can however, have a reddish tinge. It is used in the manufacture of furniture, paneling, flooring for bowling alleys, dance halls, and warehouses, and for decorative veneer.