Wood Handbook, Wood as an Engineering Material

Chapter 6 Commercial Lumber, Round Timbers, and Ties

Table 6–7. Nomenclature of principal commercial softwood lumber Commercial species or species group names under American Softwood Lumber Standard

Tree name used in this handbook Botanical name Cedar Alaska yellow-cedar Chamaecyparis nootkatensis Eastern red eastern redcedar Juniperus virginiana Incense incense-cedar Libocedrus decurrens Northern white northern white-cedar Thuja occidentalis Port Orford Port-Orford-cedar Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Southern white Atlantic white-cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides Western red western redcedar Thuja plicata Cypress Baldcypress baldcypress Taxodium distichum Pond cypress pond cypress Taxodium distichum var. nutans Fir Alpine subalpine fir (alpine fir) Abies lasiocarpa Balsam balsam fir Abies balsamea California red California red fir Abies magnifica Douglas Fir Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii Fraser Fraser fir Abies fraseri Grand grand fir Abies grandis Noble Fir noble fir Abies procera Pacific Grand Pacific silver fir Abies amabilis White white fir Abies concolor Hemlock Carolina Carolina hemlock Tsuga caroliniana Eastern eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis Mountain mountain hemlock Tsuga mertensiana Western western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla Juniper Western alligator juniper Juniperus deppeana Rocky Mountain juniper Juniperus scopulorum Utah juniper Juniperus osteosperma western juniper Juniperus occidentalis Larch Western western larch Larix occidentalis Pine Bishop bishop pine Pinus muricata Coulter Coulter pine Pinus coulteri Digger Digger pine Pinus sabibiana Knobcone knobcone pine Pinus attenuata Idaho white Western white pine Pinus monticola Jack jack pine Pinus banksiana Jeffrey Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi Limber limber pine Pinus flexilis Lodgepole lodgepole pine Pinus contorta Longleaf longleaf pine Pinus palustris slash pine Pinus elliottii Northern white eastern white pine Pinus strobus Norway red pine Pinus resinosa Pitch pitch pine Pinus rigida Ponderosa ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa Southern Pine Major loblolly pine Pinus taeda longleaf pine Pinus palustris shortleaf pine Pinus echinata slash pine Pinus elliottii Southern Pine Minor pond pine Pinus serotina sand pine Pinus clausa spruce pine Pinus glabra Virginia pine Pinus virginiana Southern Pine Mixed loblolly pine Pinus taeda longleaf pine Pinus palustris

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