See also: Woods (golf clubs), Forest , and the List Of Forests .
- Blackbean ('' Castanospermum Australe '')
- Blackwood ('' Acacia Melanoxylon '')
- Bocote ('' Cordia Alliodora '')
- Boxwood or Box ('' Buxus sempervirens'')
- Brazilwood ('' Caesalpinia Echinata '')
- Bubinga ('' Guibourtia '')
- Buckeye (''Aesculus'')
- --- Common Horse-chestnut (''Aesculus hippocastanum'')
- --- Yellow Buckeye (''Aesculus flava'')
- Butternut ('' Juglans cinerea'')
- Carapa (or Andiroba, Carap, Crappo, Crabwood and Santa Maria) (''Carapa guianensis'') .
- Catalpa (''Catalpa'')
- Cherry ('' Prunus '')
- --- Black Cherry (''Prunus serotina'')
- --- Red Cherry Tree (''Prunus pennsylvanica'')
- --- Wild Cherry (''Prunus avium'')
- --- "Brazilian Cherry" See Jatoba below
- Chestnut (''Castanea dentata'')
- Coachwood ('' Ceratopetalum apetalum'')
- Cocobolo ('' Dalbergia retusa'')
- Cocuswood , or , (''Brya ebenus'')
- 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'')
- Elm
- --- American elm (''Ulmus americana'')
- --- English elm (''Ulmus procera'')
- --- Rock elm (''Ulmus thomasii'')
- --- Slippery elm (''Ulmus rubra'')
- --- Wych elm (''Ulmus glabra'')
- Eucalyptus (''Eucalyptus'')
- --- Lyptus
- --- Karri (W. Australia) (''Eucalyptus diversicolor'')
- --- Mahogany eucalyptus, (New South Wales) (''Eucalyptus'')
- --- Ironbark '' Eucalyptus Sideroxylon ''
- --- Jarrah or West Australian eucalyptus (''Eucalyptus marginata'')
- --- Tasmanian oak or Mountain ash, ('' Eucalyptus Regnans '' '' Eucalyptus Obliqua '' '' Eucalyptus Delegatensis '')
- --- '' River Red Gum ''
- --- Blue Gum '' Eucalyptus Saligna ''
- Greenheart (Guyana) ('' Chlorocardium rodiei'')
- Grenadilla (Mpingo) (''Dalbergia melanoxylon'')
- Gum
- --- Blackgum ('' Nyssa sylvatica'')
- --- Blue Gum (''Eucalyptus globulus'')
- --- Redgum or Sweetgum ('' Liquidambar styraciflua'')
- --- Tupelo gum (''Nyssa aquatica'')
- Hickory ('' Carya '')
- --- Mockernut hickory (''Carya alba'')
- --- Pignut hickory (''Carya glabra'')
- --- Shagbark hickory (''Carya ovata'')
- --- Shellbark hickory (''Carya laciniosa'')
- --- Pecan (''Carya illinoinensis'')
- Hornbeam (''Carpinus'' species)
- Hophornbeam, Eastern ('' Ostrya virginiana'')
- Ipe ('' Tabebuia impetiginosa'')
- Iroko ('' Milicia excelsa'' syn ''Chlorophora excelsa'')
- refers to the wood of many tree species noted for the hardness of their wood. Trees commonly known as ironwoods include:
- --- '' Carpinus caroliniana'' — also known as American hornbeam
- --- '' Casuarina Equisetifolia '' — Common Ironwood from Australia
- --- ''Choricarpia subargentea''
- --- ''Copaifera'' spp.
- --- ''Eusideroxylon zwageri''
- --- '' Guajacum Officinale '' and '' Guajacum Sanctum '' — Lignum vitae
- --- ''Hopea odorata''
- --- ''Krugiodendron ferreum'' — Black Ironwood
- --- ''Lyonothamnus lyonii (L. floribundus)'' — Catalina Ironwood
- --- '' Mesua Ferrea '' — also known as Rose Chestnut or Ceylon Ironwood, from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
- --- '' Olea spp.'' — various olive trees
- --- ''Olneya tesota'' — Desert Ironwood
- --- '' Ostrya virginiana'' — Hop hornbeam
- --- '' Parrotia Persica '' — Persian Ironwood
- --- '' Tabebuia serratifolia'' — Ipe
- Jacarandá , Brazilian rosewood ('' Dalbergia nigra'')
- Jatobá ('' Hymenaea courbaril'')
- Lacewood from the Sycamore(N.Am.) or Plane(UK) trees ('' Platanus '' species)
- Mahogany
- --- Mahogany (African) ('' Khaya spp.'')
- --- Mahogany (West Indies or Cuban) ('' Swietenia mahagoni'')
- --- Mahogany (Honduras, Central and South America) ('' Swietenia macrophylla'')
- --- Mahogany (Philippine), , see Lauan.
- 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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