List of woods

List of woods

This is a list of woods, most commonly used in the timber and lumber trade.

Soft woods (coniferous)

List of woods

• Araucaria • Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) • Monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) • Paraná pine (Araucaria angustifolia) • Cedar (Cedrus) • Celery-top pine (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius) • Cypress (Chamaecyparis, Cupressus, Taxodium) • Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica) • Bald cypress, southern cypress (Taxodium distichum) • Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) • Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) • Lawson's cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) • Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) • Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) • Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) • Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) • European yew (Taxus baccata) • Fir (Abies) • Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) • Silver fir (Abies alba) • Noble fir (Abies procera) • Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis) • Hemlock (Tsuga) • Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) • Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) • Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) • Huon pine, Macquarie pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii) • Kauri (New Zealand) (Agathis australis) • Queensland kauri (Australia) (Agathis robusta) • Japanese nutmeg-yew, kaya (Torreya nucifera) • Larch (Larix) • European larch (Larix decidua) • Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) • Tamarack (Larix laricina) • Western larch (Larix occidentalis) • Pine (Pinus) • European black pine (Pinus nigra) • Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) • Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) • Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) • Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) • Red pine (North America) (Pinus resinosa) • Scots pine, red pine (UK) (Pinus sylvestris) • White pine • Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) • Western white pine (Pinus monticola) • Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) • Southern yellow pine • Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) • Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) • Pitch pine (Pinus rigida) • Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) • Red cedar • Eastern red cedar, (Juniperus virginiana) • Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) • Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) • Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) • Spruce (Picea) • Norway spruce (Picea abies) • Black spruce (Picea mariana) • Red spruce (Picea rubens) • Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) • White spruce (Picea glauca) • Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) • White cedar • Northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) • Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) • Nootka cypress (Cupressus nootkatensis)

Hardwoods (angiosperms)

List of woods

• Abachi (Triplochiton scleroxylon) • Acacia (Acacia sp., Robinia pseudoacacia) • African padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii) • Afzelia, doussi (Afzelia africana) • Agba, tola (Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum) • Alder (Alnus) • Black alder (Alnus glutinosa) • Red alder (Alnus rubra) • Ash (Fraxinus) • Black ash (Fraxinus nigra) • Blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata) • Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) • Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) • Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) • Pumpkin ash (Fraxinus profunda) • White ash (Fraxinus americana) • Aspen (Populus) • Bigtooth aspen (Populus gradidentata) • European aspen (Populus tremula) • Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) • Australian red cedar (Toona ciliata) • Ayan, movingui (Distemonanthus benthamianus) • Balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) • Basswood, linden • American basswood (Tilia americana) • White basswood (Tilia heterophylla) • beech (Fagus) • European beech (Fagus sylvatica) • American beech (Fagus grandifolia) • Birch (Betula) • American birches • Gray birch (Betula populifolia) • Black birch (Betula nigra) • Paper birch (Betula papyrifera) • Sweet birch (Betula lenta) • Yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) • European birches • Silver birch (Betula pendula) • Downy birch (Betula pubescens) • Blackbean (Castanospermum australe) • Blackwood • Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) • African blackwood, mpingo (Dalbergia melanoxylon) • Bloodwood (Brosimum rubescens) • Boxelder (Acer negundo) • Boxwood, common box (Buxus sempervirens) • Brazilian walnut (Ocotea porosa) • Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata) • Buckeye, Horse-chestnut (Aesculus) • Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) • Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra) • Yellow buckeye (Aesculus flava) • Butternut (Juglans cinerea) • California bay laurel (Umbellularia californica) • Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) • Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense) • Catalpa, catawba (Catalpa) • Ceylon satinwood (Chloroxylon swietenia) • Cherry (Prunus) • Black cherry (Prunus serotina) • Red cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) • Wild cherry (Prunus avium) • Chestnut (Castanea spp.) • Chestnut (Castanea sativa) • American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) • Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum) • Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa) • Corkwood (Leitneria floridana) • Cottonwood, poplar • Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) • Swamp cottonwood (Populus heterophylla) • Cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminata) • Cumaru (Dipteryx spp.) • Dogwood (Cornus spp.) • Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) • Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) • Ebony (Diospyros) • Andaman marblewood (Diospyros kurzii) • Ebène marbre (Diospyros melanida) • African ebony (Diospyros crassiflora) • Ceylon ebony (Diospyros ebenum) • Rare Brown (Rareay Brownibium) • Elm • American elm (Ulmus americana) • English elm (Ulmus procera) • Rock elm (Ulmus thomasii) • Slippery elm, red elm (Ulmus rubra) • Wych elm (Ulmus glabra) • Eucalyptus • Lyptus: Flooded gum (Eucalyptus grandis) • White mahogany (Eucalyptus acmenoides) • Brown mallet (Eucalyptus astringens) • Banglay, southern mahogany (Eucalyptus botryoides) • River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) • Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) • Blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) • Flooded gum, rose gum (Eucalyptus grandis) • York gum (Eucalyptus loxophleba) • Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) • Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys) • Grey ironbark (Eucalyptus paniculata) • Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) • Mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) • Australian oak (Eucalyptus obliqua) • Alpine ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis) • Red mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera) • Swamp mahogany, swamp messmate (Eucalyptus robusta) • Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna) • Mugga, red ironbark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon) • Redwood (Eucalyptus transcontinentalis) • Wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) • European crabapple (Malus sylvestris) • European pear (Pyrus communis) • Gonçalo alves (Astronium spp.) • Greenheart (Chlorocardium rodiei) • Grenadilla, mpingo (Dalbergia melanoxylon) • Guanandi (Calophyllum brasiliense) • Gum (Eucalyptus) • Gumbo limbo (Bursera simaruba) • Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) • Hickory (Carya) • Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) • Pignut hickory (Carya glabra) • Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) • Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa) • Hornbeam (Carpinus spp.) • American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) • Ipê (Handroanthus spp.) • Iroko, African teak (Milicia excelsa) • Ironwood • Balau (Shorea spp.) • American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) • Sheoak, Polynesian ironwood (Casuarina equisetifolia) • Giant ironwood (Choricarpia subargentea) • Diesel tree (Copaifera langsdorffii) • Borneo ironwood (Eusideroxylon zwageri) • Lignum vitae • Guaiacwood (Guaiacum officinale) • Holywood (Guaiacum sanctum) • Takian (Hopea odorata) • Black ironwood (Krugiodendron ferreum) • Black ironwood, olive (Olea spp.) • Lebombo ironwood Androstachys johnsonii • Catalina ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus) • Ceylon ironwood (Mesua ferrea) • Desert ironwood (Olneya tesota) • Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica) • Brazilian ironwood, pau ferro (Caesalpinia ferrea) • Yellow lapacho (Tabebuia serratifolia) • Jacarandá-boca-de-sapo (Jacaranda brasiliana) • Jacarandá de Brasil (Dalbergia nigra) • Jatobá (Hymenaea courbaril) • Kingwood (Dalbergia cearensis) • Lacewood • Northern silky oak (Cardwellia sublimis) • American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) • London plane (Platanus × hispanica) • Limba (Terminalia superba) • Locust • Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) • Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) • Mahogany • Genuine mahogany (Swietenia) • West Indies mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) • Bigleaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) • Pacific Coast mahogany (Swietenia humilis) • other mahogany • African mahogany (Khaya spp.) • Chinese mahogany (Toona sinensis) • Australian red cedar, Indian mahogany (Toona ciliata) • Philippine mahogany, calantis, kalantis (Toona calantas) • Indonesian mahogany, suren (Toona sureni) • Sapele (Entandrophragma cylindricum) • Sipo, utile (Entandrophragma utile) • Tiama, (Entandrophragma angolense) • Kosipo, (Entandrophragma candollei) • Mountain mahogany, bottle tree (Entandrophragma caudatumi) • Indian mahogany, chickrassy, chittagong wood (Chukrasia velutina) • Spanish Cedar, cedro, Brazilian mahogany (Cedrela odorata) • Light bosse, pink mahogany (Guarea cedrata) • Dark bosse, pink Mahogany (Guarea thompsonii) • American muskwood (Guarea grandifolia) • Carapa, royal mahogany, demerara mahogany, bastard mahogany, andiroba, crabwood (Carapa guianensis) • Bead-tree, white cedar, Persian lilac (Melia azedarach) • Maple (Acer) • Hard maple • Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) • Black maple (Acer nigrum) • Soft maple • Boxelder (Acer negundo) • Red maple (Acer rubrum) • Silver maple (Acer saccharinum) • European maple • Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) • Marblewood (Marmaroxylon racemosum) • Marri, red gum (Corymbia calophylla) • Meranti (Shorea spp.) • Merbau, ipil (Intsia bijuga), Kwila • Mesquite • White mesquite (Prosopis alba) • Chilean mesquite (Prosopis chilensis) • Honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) • Black mesquite (Prosopis nigra) • Screwbean mesquite (Prosopis pubescens) • Velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina) • Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) • Oak (Quercus) • White oak • White oak (Quercus alba) • Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) • Post oak (Quercus stellata) • Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) • Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) • Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) • Chestnut oak (Quercus prinus) • Chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) • Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) • Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) • English oak (Quercus robur) • Red oak • Northern red oak (Quercus rubra) • Eastern black oak (Quercus velutina) • Laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia) • Southern red oak (Quercus falcata) • Water oak (Quercus nigra) • Willow oak (Quercus phellos) • Nuttall's oak (Quercus texana) • Okoumé (Aucoumea klaineana) • Olive (Olea europaea) • Pearl tree (Poliothyrsis sinensis) • Pink ivory (Berchemia zeyheri) • Poplar • Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) • Black poplar (Populus nigra) • Hybrid black poplar (Populus × canadensis) • Purpleheart (Peltogyne spp.) • Queensland maple (Flindersia brayleyana) • Queensland walnut (Endiandra palmerstonii) • Ramin (Gonystylus spp.) • Redheart, chakté-coc (Erythroxylon mexicanum) • Rubber wood • Sal (Shorea robusta) • Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) • Sandalwood (Santalum spp.) • Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) • Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) • Southern sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum) • Satiné, satinwood (Brosimum rubescens) • Silky oak (Grevillea robusta) • Silver wattle (Acacia dealbata) • Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) • Spanish-cedar (Cedrela odorata) • Spanish elm (Cordia alliodora) • Tamboti (Spirostachys africana) • Tectona • Teak (Tectona grandis) • Philippine teak (Tectona philippinensis) • Thailand rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) • Tupelo (Nyssa spp.) • Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) • Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) • Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera) • Walnut (Juglans) • Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) • Common walnut (Juglans regia) • Wenge (Millettia laurentii) • Panga-panga (Millettia stuhlmannii) • Willow (Salix) • Black willow (Salix nigra) • Cricket-bat willow (Salix alba 'Caerulea') • White willow (Salix alba) • Weeping willow (Salix babylonica) • Zingana, African zebrawood (Microberlinia brazzavillensis)

Pseudowoods

List of woods

• Bamboo • Palm tree • Coconut timber (Cocos nucifera) • Toddy palm timber (Borassus flabellifer)