(angiosperm)
- Afzelia (Afzelia)
- Agba
- Albizia (Albizia)
- Alder (Alnus)
- Applewood or wild apple (Malus)
- Ash (Fraxinus)
- 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)
- European Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
- American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- Birch (Betula)
- American birches
- Gray birch (Betula populifolia)
- Paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- Sweet birch (Betula lenta)
- Yellow birch (Betula lutea or B. alleghaniensis ) - most common birch wood sold in N.Am.
- European birches
- Silver birch (Betula pendula)
- White Birch also Baltic birch (N.Am.) (Betula pubescens)
- American birches
- Blackbean (Castanospermum australe)
- Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon)
- Bocote (Cordia alliodora)
- Boxwood or Box (Buxus sempervirens)
- Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata)
- 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 (Prunus pennsylvanica)
- Wild cherry (Prunus avium)
- "Brazilian Cherry" Not a Cherry See Jatoba below
- Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
- Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalem)
- Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa)
- Coralwood or Bubinga (Guibourtia spp.)
- Corkwood (Leitneria floridana)
- Cottonwood, eastern (Populus deltoides)
- Dogwood (Cornus spp.)
- Ebony (Diospyros)
- Andaman marble-wood (India) (Diospyros kursii)
- Ebène 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)
- Lyptus
- Karri (W. Australia) (Eucalyptus diversicolor)
- Mahogany eucalyptus, (New South Wales) (Eucalyptus)
- Jarrah or West Australian eucalyptus (Eucalyptus marginata)
- Tasmanian oak or Mountain ash, (Eucalyptus regnans)
- 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)
- 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)
- Ipe (Tabebuia impetiginosa)
- Iroko (Clorophora excelsa)
- Ironwood 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)
- In N.Am. also refers to Australian Silky oak
- Lauan or Luan (Shorea spp.)
- Laurel, California (Umbellularia californica)
- Limba (Terminalia superba)
- Lignum vitae (Guaiacum officinale and Guaiacum sanctum)
- Locust
- Magnolia, cucumber (Magnolia acuminata)
- Mahogany
- Maple (Acer)
- Hard Maple (N.Am.)
- Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- Black maple (Acer nigrum)
- Soft Maple (N.Am.)
- Manitoba maple (Acer negundo)
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- European Maples
- Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
- Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
- Field maple (Acer campestre)
- Hard Maple (N.Am.)
- Meranti (Shorea spp.)
- Mpingo (Grenadilla) (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
- Oak (Quercus)
- American White Oak includes wood from any of the following species of trees:
- Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
- White oak (Quercus alba)
- Post oak (Quercus stellata)
- Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
- Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana)
- Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii
- Chestnut oak (Quercus prinus or Q. montana))
- Chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii)
- Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis)
- Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata)
- English oak, also French and Slovenian oak barrels (Quercus robur)
- Red Oakincludes wood from any of the following species of trees:
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Black oak (Quercus velutina)
- Pin oak (Quercus pallustris)
- Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
- Laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia))
- Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
- Water oak (Quercus nigra)
- Willow oak {Quercus phellos)
- Nuttall's oak (Quercus texana or Q. nuttallii)
- Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
- "Tasmanian oak"; Not an oak see Eucalyptus above
- Australian "Silky oak"; Not an oak see Silky Oak below
- American White Oak includes wood from any of the following species of trees:
- Okoumé or "Gaboon" (Aucoumea klaineana)
- Oregon Myrtle or California Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica)
- Pear (Pyrus communis)
- Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
- Poplar (Populus; in N.Am., wood sold as poplar is usually Yellow-poplar — see below)
- Ramin
- Redcedar (Toona ciliata)
- Rosewood (Dalbergia spp.)
- Sal (Shorea robusta)
- Sandalwood (Santalum album)
- Sassafras (Sassafras uariafolium)
- Sassafras (Australia) (Atherosperma moschatum)
- Satinwood (Ceylon) (Chloroxylon swietenia)
- Silky Oak; (Grevillea robusta); Sold as Lacewood in North America
- Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
- Spanish-cedar (Cedrela odorata)
- American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- Teak (Tectona grandis)
- Utile (Entandrophragma utile)
- Walnut (Juglans)
- Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
- Persian Walnut (Juglans regia)
- Brazilian walnut; Not a walnut see Ipe above.
- Willow (Salix)
- Black willow (Salix nigra)
- Cricket-bat willow (Salix alba 'Coerulea')
- White willow (Salix alba)
- Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)