Wood Handbook, Wood as an Engineering Material

Picea rubens Sarg. Spruce, Red (Spruce, Eastern Group)

Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. Spruce, Sitka

Pinus banksiana Lamb. Pine, Jack

Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. Pine, Lodgepole

Pinus echinata Mill. Pine, Shortleaf (Pine, Southern Group)

Pinus elliottii Engelm. Pine, Slash (Pine, Southern Group)

Pinus glabra Walt. Pine, Spruce

Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf. Pine, Jeffrey (see Pine, Ponderosa)

Pinus lambertiana Dougl. Pine, Sugar

Pinus monticola Dougl. ex D. Don Pine, Western White

Pinus palustris Mill. Pine, Longleaf (Pine, Southern Group)

Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws. Pine, Ponderosa

Pinus resinosa Ait. Pine, Red

Pinus rigida Mill. Pine, Pitch

Pinus serotina Michx. Pine, Pond

Pinus strobus L. Pine, Eastern White

Pinus taeda L. Pine, Loblolly (Pine, Southern Group)

Pinus virginiana Mill. Pine, Virginia

Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco Douglas-Fir

Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. Redwood

Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) Buchholz Sequoia, Giant

Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. Baldcypress

Thuja occidentalis L. White-Cedar, Northern

Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don Redcedar, Western

Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. Hemlock, Eastern

Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. Hemlock, Western

Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carr. Hemlock, Mountain

Imported Woods—Hardwoods

Andira inermis (W. Wright) H.B.K. Angelin (see Sucupira)

Anisoptera spp. Mersawa

Aspidosperma spp. Peroba Rosa

Astronium spp. Gonçalo Alves

Aucoumea klaineana Pierre Okoume

Balfourodendron riedelianum (Engl.) Engl. Pau Marfim

Bowdichia spp. Sucupira

Brosimum utile (H.B.K.) Pittier Sande

Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess. Santa Maria

Calycophyllum candidissimum (Vahl) DC. Degame

Carapa spp. Andiroba

Cariniana spp. Albarco

Caryocar spp. Piquia

Cedrela spp. Spanish-Cedar

Cedrelinga cateniformis (Ducke) Ducke Tornillo

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. Ceiba

Ceiba samauma K. Schum. Lupuna (see Ceiba)

Chlorocardium rodiei (Schomb.) Rohwer, Richter & van der

Werff

Greenheart

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. ex DC. Rosewood, Indian

Dalbergia nigra (Vell.) Allem. ex Benth. Rosewood, Brazilian

Dalbergia stevensonii Standl. Rosewood, Honduran

Dialyanthera spp. Cuangare (see Banak)

Dicorynia guianensis Amsch. Angelique

Diplotropis purpurea (Rich.) Amshoff Sucupira

Dipterocarpus spp. Keruing

Chapter 2 Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Woods