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I'd think buying turning stock from a wood working store would be very expensive unless you are looking for small pieces of exotics.
Check out hardwood lumber stores for wood if you have access to a tablesaw. Otherwise, #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& and M&D's also have plug wood already cut to size (you can buy a lot of wood for the price of a tablesaw)
Maple needles are not likely to split (too narrow). Birch is fine (habs and gibbs used it), but open grained and a little rougher finished. Soft maple is a good wood to use for sinking plugs.
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