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Wood Database Home
Terminology 101
Engineered Wood
Hardwoods
- Abachi
- Acacia
- Afzelia
- Agba
- Alder
  - Black Alder
  - Red Alder
- Ash
  - Black Ash
  - Blue Ash
  - Common Ash
  - Green Ash
  - Oregon Ash
  - Pumpkin Ash
  - White Ash
- Aspen
  - Bigtooth Aspen
  - European Aspen
  - Quaking Aspen
- Australian Red Cedar
- Ayan
- Basswood
  - American basswood
  - White basswood
- Beech
  - American beech
  - European beech
  - Japanese beech
- Birch
  - American birch
  - European birch
    - Downy birch
    - Silver birch
- Blackbean
- Maple
  - European maple
  - Hard Maple
    - Black Maple
    - Sugar Maple
  - Soft Maple
- Oak
  - English oak
  - Red oak
  - White oak
- Okoumé
- Olive
- Padauk
- Pink ivory
- Poplar
- Purpleheart
- Tamarind
- Walnut
  - Common walnut
  - Eastern black walnut
- Wenge
- Willow
- Zingana
Softwoods
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Red alder (Alnus rubra)

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