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Botanical names of wood

Woods and their botanical names,

Applewood or wild apple (Pyrus[?] malus)
Ash, black (Fraxinus[?] nigra)
Ash, blue (quadrangulata)
Ash, green (Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata)
Ash, white (Fraxinus americana)
Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Aspen, large tooth (Populus grandidentata)
Balsa (Tropical America) (Ochroma[?])
Basswood (Tilia glabra or Tilia americanus)
Beech (Fagus grandifolia or Fagus americana)
Beech, blue (Carpinus[?] caroliniana)
Birch, gray (Betula[?] populifolia)
Birch, paper (Betula papyrifera)
Birch, sweet (Betula lenta)
Birch, yellow (Betula lutea)
Boxwood/Buis (Buxus[?] sempervirens)
Buckeye, yellow (Aesculus octandra)
Butternut (Juglans[?] cinerea)
Cedar, eastern red (Juniperus virginiana)
Cedar, northern white (Thuja occidentalis)
Cedar, southern white (Chamaecyparis[?] thvoides)
Cedar, (Tropical American) (Cedrela[?] odorata)
Cedar, western red (Thuja plicata)
Cherry, black (Prunus serotina)
Cherry, wild red (Prunus pennsylvanica)
Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa)
Coralwood (Guilbourtia[?] spp.)
Corkwood (Leitneria[?] floridana)
Cottonwood, eastern (Populus deltoides)
Cypress, southern (Taxodium distichum)
Dogwood (flowering) (Cornus florida)
Douglas fir (coast type) (Pseudotsuga taxifolia)
Douglas fir (mountain type) (Pseudotsuga taxifolia)
Ebony, Andaman marble-wood (India) (Diospyros kursii)
Ebony, Ebène marbre (Maritius, E. Africa) (Diospyros melanida)
Elm, American (Ulmus[?] americana)
Elm, rock (Ulmus racemosa or Ulmus thomasi)
Elm, slippery (Ulmus fulva or pubescens)
Eucalyptus, Karri (W. Australia) (Eucalyptus diversicolor)
Eucalyptus, Mahogany (New South Wales) (Eucalyptus)
Eucalyptus, West Australian mahogany (Eucalyptus marginata)
Fir, balsam (Abies[?] balsamea)
Fir, silver (Abies amabilis)
Greenheart (British Guiana) (Nectandra[?] rodioei)
Grenadilla (Mpingo) (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
Gum, black (Nyssa sylvatica)
Gum, blue (Eucalyptus globulus)
Gum, red (Liquidambar[?] styraciflua)
Gum, tupelo (Nyssa aquatica)
Hemlock eastern (Tsuga[?] canadensis)
Hemlock, mountain (Tsuga martensiana)
Hemlock, western (Tsuga heterophylla)
Hickory, bigleaf shagbark (Hicoria[?] laciniosa)
Hickory, mockernut (Hicoria alba)
Hickory, pignut (Hicoria glabra)
Hickory, shagbark (Hicoria ovata)
Hornbeam (Ostrya[?] virginiana)
Ironwood, black (Rhamnidium[?] ferreum)
Jacarandá, Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra)
Larch, western (Larix[?] occidentalis)
Lignum Vitae (Guaiacum[?] officinale and Guaiacum sanctum)
Locust, black or yellow (Robinia[?] pseudacacia)
Locust honey (Gleditsia[?] triacanthos)
Magnolia, cucumber (Magnolia acuminata)
Mahogany (W. Africa) (Khaya[?] ivorensis)
Mahogany (E. India) (Swietenia[?] macrophylla)
Mahogany (E. India) (Swietenia mahogani)
Maple, black (Acer[?] nigrum)
Maple, red (Acer rubrum)
Maple, silver (Acer saccharinum)
Maple, sugar (Acer saccharum)
Mpingo (Grenadilla) (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
Oak, black (Quercus velutina)
Oak, bur (Quercus macrocarpa)
Oak, canyon live (Quercus chrysolepis)
Oak, laurel (Quercus montana)
Oak, live (Quercus virginiana)
Oak, pin (Quercus pallustris)
Oak, post (Quercus stellata or Quercus minor)
Oak, red (Quercus borealis)
Oak, scarlet (coccinea)
Oak, swamp chestnut (Quercus montana (Quercus prinus))
Oak swamp white (Quercus bicolor or Quercus platanoides)
Oak, white (Quercus alba)
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Pine, eastern white (Pinus strobus)
Pine, jack (Pinus banksiana or Pinus divericata)
Pine, loblolly (Pinus taeda)
Pine, longleaf (Pinus palustris)
Pine, pitch (Pinus rigida)
Pine, red (Pinus resinosa)
Pine, shortleaf (Pinus echinata)
Poplar, balsam (Populus balsamifera or Populus candicans)
Poplar, yellow (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
Sassafras (Sassafras uariafolium)
Satinwood (Ceylon) (Chloroxylon[?] swietenia)
Sourwood (Oxydendrum[?] arboreum)
Spruce, black (Picea[?] mariana)
Spruce, red (Picea rubra or Picea rubens)
Spruce, white (Picea glauca)
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Tamarack (Larix laricina or Larix americana)
Teak (India) (Tectona[?] grandis)
Walnut, black (Juglans[?] nigra)
Willow, black (Salix nigra)

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