Scientific and Common Names of Commercial
Species. Source: (USFS, 1987)
Standard lumber name
under American Softwood
Lumber Standards Common
Tree Name Botanical name
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Cedar
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Alaska
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Alaska-cedar
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Chamaecyparis
nootkatensis
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Eastern red
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Eastern redcedar
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Juniperus
virginiana
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Incense
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Incense-cedar
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Libocedrus
decurrens
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Northern white
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Northern white-cedar
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Thuja
occidentalis
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Port Orford
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Port-Orford-cedar
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Chamaecyparis
lawsoniana
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Southern white
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Atlantic white-cedar
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C.
thyoides
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Western red
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Western redcedar
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Thuja
plicata
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Cypress, red (coast type),
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yellow (inland type),
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white (inland type)
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Baldcypress
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Taxodium
distichum
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Douglas-fir
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Douglas-fir
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Pseudotsuga
menziesii
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Fir
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Balsam
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Balsam fir
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Abies
balsamea
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Fraser fir
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A.
fraseri
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Noble
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Noble fir
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A.
procera
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White
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California red fir
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A.
magnifica
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Grand fir
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A.
gandis
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Pacific silver fir
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A.
amabilis
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Subalpine fir
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A.
lasiocarpa
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White fir
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A.
concolor
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Hemlock
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Eastern
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Eastern Hemlock
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Tsuga
camademsos
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Mountain
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Mountain hemlock
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T.
mertensiana
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West Coast
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Western hemlock
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T.
heterophylla
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Juniper, western
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Alligator juniper
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Juniperus
deppeana
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Rocky Mountain juniper
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J.
scopulorum
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Utah juniper
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J.
osteosperma
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Western juniper
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J.
occidentalis
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Larch, western
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Western larch
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Larix
occidentalis
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Pine
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Idaho white
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Western white pine
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Pinus
monticola
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Jack
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Jack pine
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P.
banksiana
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Lodgepole
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Lodgepole pine
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P.
contorta
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Longleaf yellow
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Longleaf pine
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P.
palustris
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Slash pine
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P.
elliottii
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Northern white
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Eastern white pine
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P.
strobus
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Norway
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Red pine
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P.
resinosa
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Southern yellow
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Longleaf pine
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P.
palustris
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Shortleaf pine
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P.
echinata
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Loblolly name
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P.
taeda
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Slash pine
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P.
elliottii
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Pitch pine
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P.
rigida
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Virginia pine
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P.
virginiana
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Sugar
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Sugar pine
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P.
lambertiana
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Redwood
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Redwood
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Sequoia
sempervirens
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Spruce
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Eastern
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Black spruce
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Picea
mariana
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Red spruce
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P.
rubens
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White spruce
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P.
glauca
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Englemann
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Blue spruce
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P.
pungens
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Engelmann spruce
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P.
engelmannii
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Sitka
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Sitka spruce
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P.
sitchensis
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Tamarack
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Tamarack
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Larix
laricina
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Yew, Pacific
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Pacific yew
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Taxus
brevifolia
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Commercial name
for lumber Common
Tree Name Botanical name
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Alder, red
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Red alder
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Alnus
rubra
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Ash
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Black
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Black ash
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Fraxinus
nigra
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Oregon
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Oregon ash
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F.
latifolia
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White
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Blue ash
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F.
quadrangulata
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Green ash
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F.
pennsylvanica
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White ash
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F.
americana
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Aspen (popple)
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Bigtooth aspen
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Populus
grandidentata
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Quaking aspen
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P.
tremuloides
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Basswood
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American basswood
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Tilia
americana
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White basswood
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T.
heterophylla
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Beech
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Beech
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Fagus
grandifolia
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Birch
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Gray birch
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Betula
populifolia
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Paper birch
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B.
papyrifera
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River birch
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B.
nigra
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Sweet birch
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B.
lenta
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Yellow birch
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B.
alleghaniensis
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Box elder
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Boxelder
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Acer
negundo
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Buckeye
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Ohio buckeye
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Aesculus
glabra
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yellow buckeye
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A.
octandra
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Butternut
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Butternut
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Juglans
cinerea
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Cherry
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Black cherry
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Prunus
serotina
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Chestnut
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Chestnut
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Castanea
dentata
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Cottonwood
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Balsam poplar
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Populus
balsamifera
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Eastern cottonwood
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P.
deltoides
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Plains cottonwood
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F.
sargentii
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Cucumber
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Cucumbertree
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Magnolia
acuminata
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Dogwood
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Flowering dogwood
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Cornus
florida
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Pacific dogwood
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C.
nuttallii
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Elm
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Rock
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Cedar elm
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Ulmus
crassifolia
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Rock elm
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U.
thomasii
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September elm
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U.
serotina
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Winged elm
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U.
alata
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Soft
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American elm
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U.
americana
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slippery elm
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U.
rubra
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Gum
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Sweetgum
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Liquidambar
styraciflua
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Hackberry
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Hackberry
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Celtis
occidentalis
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Sugarberry
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C.
laevigata
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Hickory
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Mockernut hickory
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Carya
tomentosa
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Pignut hickory
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C.
glabra
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Shagbark hickory
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C.
ovata
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Shellbark hickory
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C.
laciniosa
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Holly
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American holly
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Ilex
opaca
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Ironwood
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Eastern hophornbeam
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Ostrya
virginiana
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Locust
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Black locust
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Robinia
pseudoacacia
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Honeylocust
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Gleditsia
triacanthos
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Madrone
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Pacific madrone
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Arbutus
menziesii
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Magnolia
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Southern magnolia
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Magnolia
grandiflora
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Sweetbay
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M.
virginiana
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Commercial name
for lumber Common
tree name Botanical name
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Maple
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Hard
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Black maple
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Acer
nigrum
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Sugar maple
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A.
saccharum
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Oregon
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Bigleaf maple
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A.
macrophyllum
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Soft
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Red maple
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A.
rubrum
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Silver maple
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A. saccharinum
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Oak
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Red
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Black oak
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Quercus
velutina
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Blackjack oak
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Q.
marilandica
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California black oak
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Q.
kelloggi
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Cherrybark oak
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Q.
falcata var. pagodaefolia
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Laurel oak
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Q.
laurifolia
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Northern pin oak
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Q.
ellipsoidalis
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Northern red oak
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Q.
rubra
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Nuttall oak
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Q.
nuttallii
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Pin oak
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Q.
palustris
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Scarlet oak
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Q.
coccinea
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Shumard oak
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Q.
shumardii
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Southern red oak
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Q.
falcata
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Turkey oak
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Q.
laevis
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Willow oak
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Q.
phellos
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White
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Arizona white oak
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Q.
arizonica
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Blue oak
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Q.
douglasii
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Bur oak
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Q.
macrocarpa
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California white oak
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Q.
lobata
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Chestnut oak
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Q.
primus
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Chinkapin oak
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Q.
muehlenbergii
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Emory oak
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Q.
emoryi
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Gambel oak
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Q.
gambelii
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Mexican blue oak
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Q.
oblongifolia
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Live oak
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Q.
virginiana
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Oregon white oak
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Q.
garryana
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Overcup oak
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Q.
lyrata
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Post oak
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Q.
stellata
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Swamp chestnut oak
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Q.
michauxii
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Swamp white oak
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Q.
bicolor
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White oak
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Q.
alba
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Oregon myrtle
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California-laurel
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Umbrellularia
californica
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Osage orange (bois d'arc)
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Osage-orange
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Maclura
pomifera
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Pecan
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Bitternut hickory
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Carya
cordiformis
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Nutmeg hickory
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C.
myristicaeformis
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Water hickory
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C.
aquatica
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Pecan
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C.
illinoensis
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Persimmon
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Common persimmon
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Diospyros
virginiana
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Poplar
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Yellow-poplar
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Liriodendron
tulipifera
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Sassafras
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Sassafras
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Sassafras
albidum
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Sycamore
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American sycamore
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Platanus
occidentalis
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Tupelo
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Black tupelo
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Nyssa
sylvatica
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Ogeechee tupelo
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N.
ogeche
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Water tupelo
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N.
aquatic
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Walnut
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Black walnut
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Juglans
nigra
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Willow
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Black willow
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Salix
nigra
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Peachleaf willow
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S.
amygdaloides
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Common Commercial Groupings of Softwoods
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Commercial Group
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Species in Combination
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Douglas-fir larch
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Douglas fir
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Western larch
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Hem-fir
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Western hemlock, Mountain Hemlock
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Pacific Silver fir
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Spruce-pine-fir
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White spruce
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Red spruce
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Black spruce
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Engelmann spruce
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Lodgepole pine
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Jack pine
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Alpine fir
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Balsam fir
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Western Cedars
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Western redcedar
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Alaska yellow cedar
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