This is a list of woods, in particular those commonly used in the timber and lumber trade.
See also: woods (golf clubs), forest, and the list of forests.
- Afzelia (Afzelia)
- Agba yun (Synsepalum duloificum)
- Albizia (Albizia)
- Alder (Alnus)
- Applewood or wild apple (Malus)
- Ash (Fraxinus)
- Aspen (Populus)
- Ayan (Distemonanthus benthamianus)
- Balsa (Ochroma pyramidale)
- Basswood (Tilia americana)
- Beech (Fagus)
- Birch (Betula)
- American birches
- European birches, also Baltic birch (N.Am.)
- Blackbean (Castanospermum australe)
- Blackwood
- Bocote (Cordia alliodora)
- Boxwood or Box (Buxus sempervirens)
- Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata)
- Bubinga (Guibourtia)
- Buckeye (Aesculus)
- Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
- Carapa (or Andiroba, Carap, Crappo, Crabwood and Santa Maria) (Carapa guianensis) .
- Catalpa (Catalpa)
- Cherry (Prunus)
- Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
- Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum)
- Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa)
- Corkwood (Leitneria floridana)
- Cottonwood, eastern (Populus deltoides)
- Dogwood (Cornus spp.)
- Ebony (Diospyros)
- Andaman marble-wood (India) (Diospyros kurzii)
- Ebène marbre (Mauritius, E. Africa) (Diospyros melanida)
- Gabon ebony, Black ebony, African ebony (Diospyros crassiflora)
- Elm
- American elm (Ulmus americana)
- English elm (Ulmus procera)
- Rock elm (Ulmus thomasii)
- Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)
- Wych elm (Ulmus glabra)
- Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus)
- Greenheart (Guyana) (Chlorocardium rodiei)
- Grenadilla (Mpingo) (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
- Gum
- Hickory (Carya)
- Mockernut hickory (Carya alba)
- Pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
- Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
- Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa)
- Hornbeam (Carpinus species)
- Hophornbeam, Eastern (Ostrya virginiana)
- Ipê or Poui (Tabebuia)
- 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:
- Jacarandá, Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra)
- Jatobá (Hymenaea courbaril)
- Lacewood from the Sycamore(N.Am.) or Plane(UK) trees (Platanus species)
- Maple (Acer)
- Hard Maple (N.Am.)
- Soft Maple (N.Am.)
- European Maples
- Meranti (Shorea spp.)
- Mpingo (Grenadilla) (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
- Oak (Quercus)
- American White Oak includes wood from any of the following species of trees:
- English oak, also French and Slovenian oak barrels (Quercus robur and sometimes Quercus petraea)
- Red oak includes wood from any of the following species of trees:
- "Tasmanian oak"; Not an oak see Eucalyptus above
- 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 another name for Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata)
- 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.
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