This Is A List Of Woods

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Introduction

Softwoods (conifers)

• Araucaria

o Hoop Pine (Aus.) Araucaria cunninghamii o Parana Pine (Brazil) Araucaria angustifolia o Pehuén or Chile Pine Araucaria araucana

• Cedar (Cedrus); also applied to a number of woods from trees in the Cypress family mainly in North America, see Redcedar, Whitecedar and Yellow-Cedar in Softwoods, and to woods from some relatives of the mahogany, see Spanish-cedar and Redcedar in Hardwoods
• Cypress (Chamaecyparis, Cupressus, Taxodium)

o Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica) o Bald Cypress or Southern cypress (Taxodium distichum) o Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) o Lawson's Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) o Mediterranean Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)

• Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga) (sometimes "Oregon Pine")

o Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) o Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca)

• European Yew (Taxus baccata)
• Fir (Abies)

o Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) o Silver Fir (Abies alba) o Noble Fir (Abies procera) o Pacific Silver Fir (Abies amabilis)

• Hemlock (Tsuga)

o Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) o Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) o Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)

• Kauri (New Zealand) (Agathis australis)
• Kaya (Torreya nucifera)
• Larch (Larix)

o European Larch (Larix decidua) o Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) o Tamarack Larch or Tamarack (Larix laricina) o Western Larch (Larix occidentalis)

• Pine (Pinus; Many woods are incorrectly called "Pine". See Auracaria and Douglas-fir above)

o Corsican pine (Pinus nigra) o Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) o Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta subsp latifolia) o Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) o Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) o Red Pine (N.Am.) (Pinus resinosa) o Scots Pine, Red pine (UK), Red deal (UK), Redwood (UK, obsolete) (Pinus sylvestris) o White Pine in (N.Am.), Yellow or Weymouth pine (UK, obsolete) + Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) + Western White Pine (Pinus monticola) + Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana) o Southern Yellow pine (US) + Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) + Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) + Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) + Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata)

• "Redcedar"

o Eastern Redcedar, (Juniperus virginiana) o Western redcedar (Thuja plicata)

• Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
• Rimu (New Zealand) (Dacrydium cupressinum)
• Spruce (Picea)

o Norway Spruce (Picea abies) o Black Spruce (Picea mariana) o Red Spruce (Picea rubens) o Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) o White Spruce (Picea glauca)

• Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)
• "Whitecedar"

o Northern Whitecedar (Thuja occidentalis) o Southern Whitecedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides)

• "Yellow-cedar" (Nootka Cypress Callitropsis nootkatensis, formerly Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)

Hardwoods (angiosperms)

• Wooble China Maple Tree
• Afzelia (Afzelia)
• Agba yun (Synsepalum duloificum)
• Albizia (Albizia)
• Alder (Alnus)

o Black alder (Alnus glutinosa) o Red alder (Alnus rubra)

• Applewood or wild apple (Malus)
• Ash (Fraxinus)

o Black ash (Fraxinus nigra) o Blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata) o Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) o Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata) o White ash (Fraxinus americana)

• Aspen (Populus)

o American aspen (Populus tremuloides) o Bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) o European aspen (Populus tremula)

• Ayan (Distemonanthus benthamianus)
• Balsa (Ochroma pyramidale)
• Basswood (Tilia americana)
• Beech (Fagus)

o European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) o American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)

• Birch (Betula)

o American birches + Gray birch (Betula populifolia) + Paper birch (Betula papyrifera) + Sweet birch (Betula lenta) + Yellow birch (B. alleghaniensis syn Betula lutea) - most common birch wood sold in N.Am. o European birches, also Baltic birch (N.Am.) + Silver birch (Betula pendula) + White Birch (Betula pubescens)

• Blackbean (Castanospermum australe)
• Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon)
• Bocote (Cordia alliodora)
• Boxwood or Box (Buxus sempervirens)
• Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata)
• Bubinga (Guibourtia)
• Buckeye (Aesculus)

o Common Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) o Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava)

• Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
• Carapa (or Andiroba, Carap, Crappo, Crabwood and Santa Maria) (Carapa guianensis) .
• Catalpa (Catalpa)
• Cherry (Prunus)

o Black cherry (Prunus serotina) o Red cherry (Prunus pennsylvanica) o Wild cherry (Prunus avium) o "Brazilian Cherry" Not a Cherry See Jatoba below

• Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
• Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum)
• Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa)
• Corkwood (Leitneria floridana)
• Cottonwood, eastern (Populus deltoides)
• Dogwood (Cornus spp.)
• Ebony (Diospyros)

o Andaman marble-wood (India) (Diospyros kurzii) o Ebène marbre (Mauritius, E. Africa) (Diospyros melanida)

• Elm

o American elm (Ulmus americana) o English elm (Ulmus procera) o Rock elm (Ulmus thomasii) o Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) o Wych elm (Ulmus glabra)

• Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus)

o Lyptus o Karri (W. Australia) (Eucalyptus diversicolor) o Mahogany eucalyptus, (New South Wales) (Eucalyptus) o Ironbark Eucalyptus sideroxylon o Jarrah or West Australian eucalyptus (Eucalyptus marginata) o Tasmanian oak or Mountain ash, (Eucalyptus regnans Eucalyptus obliqua Eucalyptus delegatensis) o River Red Gum o Blue Gum Eucalyptus saligna

• Greenheart (Guyana) (Chlorocardium rodiei)
• Grenadilla (Mpingo) (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
• Gum

o Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica) o Blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) o Redgum or Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) o Tupelo gum (Nyssa aquatica)

• Hickory (Carya)

o Mockernut hickory (Carya alba) o Pignut hickory (Carya glabra) o Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) o Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa)

• Hornbeam (Carpinus species)
• Hophornbeam, Eastern (Ostrya virginiana)
• Ipe (Tabebuia impetiginosa)
• Iroko (Milicia excelsa syn Chlorophora excelsa)
• Ironwood refers to the wood of many tree species noted for the hardness of their wood. Trees commonly known as ironwoods include:

o Carpinus caroliniana — also known as American hornbeam o Casuarina equisetifolia — Common Ironwood from Australia o Choricarpia subargentea o Copaifera spp. o Eusideroxylon zwageri o Guajacum officinale and Guajacum sanctum — Lignum vitae o Hopea odorata o Krugiodendron ferreum — Black Ironwood o Lyonothamnus lyonii (L. floribundus) — Catalina Ironwood o Mesua ferrea — also known as Rose Chestnut or Ceylon Ironwood, from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia o Olea spp. — various olive trees o Olneya tesota — Desert Ironwood o Ostrya virginiana — Hop hornbeam o Parrotia persica — Persian Ironwood o Tabebuia serratifolia — Ipe

• Jacarandá, Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra)
• Jatobá (Hymenaea courbaril)
• Lacewood from the Sycamore(N.Am.) or Plane(UK) trees (Platanus species)

o In N.Am. also refers to Australian Silky oak

• Lauan or Luan (Shorea spp.)
• Laurel, California (Umbellularia californica)
• Limba (Terminalia superba)
• Lignum vitae (Guaiacum officinale and Guaiacum sanctum)
• Locust

o Black locust or Yellow locust (Robinia pseudacacia) o Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

• Magnolia, cucumber (Magnolia acuminata)
• Mahogany

o Mahogany (African) (Khaya spp.) o Mahogany (West Indies or Cuban) (Swietenia mahagoni) o Mahogany (Honduras, Central and South America) (Swietenia macrophylla) o Mahogany (Philippine), Not a mahogany, see Lauan.

• Maple (Acer)

o Hard Maple (N.Am.) + Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) + Black maple (Acer nigrum) o Soft Maple (N.Am.) + Manitoba maple (Acer negundo) + Red maple (Acer rubrum) + Silver maple (Acer saccharinum) o European Maples + Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) + Norway maple (Acer platanoides) + Field maple (Acer campestre)

• Meranti (Shorea spp.)
• Mpingo (Grenadilla) (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
• Oak (Quercus)

o American White Oak includes wood from any of the following species of trees: + Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) + White oak (Quercus alba) + Post oak (Quercus stellata) + Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) + Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) + Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) + Chestnut oak (Quercus prinus or Q. montana) + Chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) + Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) + Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) o English oak, also French and Slovenian oak barrels (Quercus robur and sometimes Quercus petraea) o Red Oak includes wood from any of the following species of trees: + Red oak (Quercus rubra) + Black oak (Quercus velutina) + Pin oak (Quercus pallustris) + Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea) + Laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia)) + Southern red oak (Quercus falcata) + Water oak (Quercus nigra) + Willow oak {Quercus phellos) + Nuttall's oak (Quercus texana or Q. nuttallii) + Willow oak (Quercus phellos) o "Tasmanian oak"; Not an oak see Eucalyptus above o Australian "Silky oak"; Not an oak see Silky Oak below

• Obeche or Samba, Ayous, Arere, Wana, Abache (West Africa) (Triplochiton scleroxylon)
• Okoumé or "Gaboon" (Aucoumea klaineana)
• Oregon Myrtle or California Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica)
• Pear (Pyrus communis)
• Pernambuco is an other name for Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata)
• Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
• Poplar (Populus; in N.Am., wood sold as poplar is usually Yellow-poplar — see below)

o Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) o Black poplar (Populus nigra) o Hybrid poplar (Populus × canadensis)

• Ramin
• Redcedar (Toona ciliata)
• Rosewood (Dalbergia spp.)
• Sal (Shorea robusta)
• Sandalwood (Santalum)
• Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
• Sassafras (Australia) (Atherosperma moschatum)
• Satinwood (Ceylon) (Chloroxylon swietenia)
• Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) - Sold as Lacewood in North America
• Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata
• Snakewood
• Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
• Spanish-cedar (Cedrela odorata)
• American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
• Teak (Tectona grandis)
• Utile (Entandrophragma utile)
• Walnut (Juglans)

o Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) o Persian Walnut (Juglans regia) o Brazilian walnut; Not a walnut see Ipe above.

• Willow (Salix)

o Black willow (Salix nigra) o Cricket-bat willow (Salix alba 'Coerulea') o White willow (Salix alba)

• Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)

Hardwoods (monocotyledons)

• Bamboo (a number of species in Tribe: Bambuseae)
• Palmwood (Cocos nucifera) is 'new' wood source that is increasingly being used as an ecologically-sound alternative to endangered hardwoods.

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_woods

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