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This is a list of woods, in particular those commonly used in the timber and lumber trade.
- Afzelia (Afzelia)
- Agba
- Albizia (Albizia)
- Alder (Alnus)
- Black alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- Red alder (Alnus rubra)
- Applewood or wild apple (Malus)
- Ash (Fraxinus)
- Black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- Blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata)
- Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
- Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata)
- White ash (Fraxinus americana)
- Aspen (Populus)
- American aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
- European aspen (Populus tremula)
- Ayan (Distemonanthus benthamianus)
- Balsa (Ochroma pyramidale)
- Basswood (Tilia americana)
- Beech (Fagus)
- Beech, blue (Carpinus caroliniana)
- Birch (Betula)
- Gray birch (Betula populifolia)
- Paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- Silver birch (Betula pendula)
- Sweet birch (Betula lenta)
- Yellow birch (Betula lutea)
- Blackbean (Castanospermum australe)
- Bocote (Cordia alliodora)
- Boxwood or Buis (Buxus sempervirens)
- Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata)
- Buckeye (Aesculus)
- Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
- Yellow buckeye (Aesculus octandra)
- Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
- Catalpa (Catalpa)
- Cedar (Cedrus; see also Spanish-cedar, Redcedar and Whitecedar, below)
- Cherry (Prunus)
- Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Red cherry (Prunus pennsylvanica)
- Wild cherry (Prunus avium)
- Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
- Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalem)
- Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa)
- Coralwood (Guilbourtia spp.)
- Corkwood (Leitneria floridana)
- Cottonwood, eastern (Populus deltoides)
- Cypress (Chamaecyparis, Cupressus, Taxodium)
- Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica)
- Bald cypress or Southern cypress (Taxodium distichum)
- Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
- Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)
- Dogwood (flowering) (Cornus florida)
- Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga)
- Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. ''menziesii')
- Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca)
- Ebony (Diospyros)
- Andaman marble-wood (India) (Diospyros kursii)
- Ebčne marbre (Maritius, E. Africa) (Diospyros melanida)
- Elm
- American elm (Ulmus americana)
- English elm (Ulmus procera)
- Rock elm (Ulmus thomasii)
- Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)
- Wych elm (Ulmus glabra)
- Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus)
- Karri (W. Australia) (Eucalyptus diversicolor)
- Mahogany eucalyptus, (New South Wales) (Eucalyptus)
- West Australian mahogany eucalyptus (Eucalyptus marginata)
- Fir (Abies)
- Balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- European silver fir (Abies alba)
- Noble fir (Abies procera)
- Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis)
- Greenheart (British Guiana) (Nectandra rodioei)
- Grenadilla (Mpingo) (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
- Gum
- Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
- Blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus)
- Redgum or Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Tupelo gum (Nyssa aquatica)
- Hemlock (Tsuga)
- Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
- Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)
- Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
- Hickory (Carya)
- Mockernut hickory (Carya alba)
- Pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
- Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
- Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa)
- Hornbeam (Carpinus species)
- Hornbeam, American (Ostrya virginiana)
- Iroko (Clorophora excelsa)
- Ironwood, black (Rhamnidium ferreum)
- Jacarandá, Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra)
- Lacewood (Platanus species)
- Larch (Larix)
- European larch (Larix decidua)
- Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi)
- Tamarack larch or Tamarack (Larix laricina)
- Western larch (Larix occidentalis)
- Laurel, California (Umbellularia californica)
- Lignum Vitae (Guaiacum officinale and Guaiacum sanctum)
- Locust
- Magnolia, cucumber (Magnolia acuminata)
- Mahogany
- Mahogany (W. Africa) (Khaya ivorensis)
- Mahogany (E. India) (Swietenia macrophylla)
- Mahogany (E. India) (Swietenia mahogani)
- Maple (Acer)
- Black maple (Acer nigrum)
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
- Mpingo (Grenadilla) (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
- Oak (Quercus)
- Black oak (Quercus velutina)
- Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
- Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis)
- English oak (Quercus robur)
- Laurel oak (Quercus montana)
- Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana)
- Pin oak (Quercus pallustris)
- Post oak (Quercus stellata)
- Red oak (Quercus borealis)
- Scarlet oak (coccinea)
- Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus montana (Quercus prinus))
- Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
- White oak (Quercus alba)
- Oregon Myrtle or California Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica)
- Pear (Pyrus communis)
- Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
- Pine (Pinus)
- Corsican pine (Pinus nigra)
- Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
- Jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
- Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
- Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
- Pitch pine (Pinus rigida)
- Red pine (Pinus resinosa)
- Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
- Shortleaf pine (Pinus lambertiana)
- Sugar pine (Pinus echinata)
- Western white pine (Pinus monticola)
- Poplar (Populus)
- Redcedar
- Eastern redcedar, (Juniperus virginiana)
- Western redcedar (Thuja plicata)
- Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
- Sassafras (Sassafras uariafolium)
- Satinwood (Ceylon) (Chloroxylon swietenia)
- Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
- Spanish-cedar (Cedrela odorata)
- 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)
- American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- Teak (Tectona grandis)
- Utile (Entandrophragma utile)
- Walnut (Juglans)
- Black walnut, (Juglans nigra)
- European walnut (Juglans regia)
- Whitecedar
- Northern whitecedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- Southern whitecedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides)
- Willow (Salix)
- Black willow (Salix nigra)
- Cricket-bat willow (Salix alba 'Coerulea')
- White willow (Salix alba)
- Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Yew
