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This is a list of hardwoods commonly used in the timber and lumber business.
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Hardwoods (angiosperms)
- Afzelia (Afzelia)
- Agba
- Albizia (Albizia)
- Alder (Alnus)
- Applewood or wild apple (Malus)
- Ash (Fraxinus)
- Black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- Blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata)
- Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
- Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata)
- White ash (Fraxinus americana)
- 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)
- Beech, blue (Carpinus caroliniana)
- Birch (Betula)
- Gray birch (Betula populifolia)
- Paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- Silver birch(Betula pendula)
- Sweet birch (Betula lenta)
- Yellow birch (Betula lutea)
- Blackbean (Castanospermum australe)
- Bocote(Cordia alliodora)
- Boxwood or Buis (Buxus sempervirens)
- Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata)
- Buckeye(Aesculus)
- Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
- Yellow buckeye (Aesculus octandra)
- Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
- Catalpa (Catalpa)
- Cherry(Prunus)
- Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Red cherry (Prunus pennsylvanica)
- Wild cherry (Prunus avium)
- Chestnut(Castanea dentata)
- Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalem)
- Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa)
- Coralwood (Guilbourtia spp.)
- Corkwood (Leitneria floridana)
- Cottonwood, eastern (Populus deltoides)
- Dogwood (flowering) (Cornus florida)
- Ebony (Diospyros)
- Andaman marble-wood (India) (Diospyros kursii)
- Ebčne 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)
- Karri (W. Australia) (Eucalyptus diversicolor)
- Mahogany eucalyptus, (New South Wales) (Eucalyptus)
- West Australian mahogany eucalyptus (Eucalyptus marginata)
- 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)
- Iroko (Clorophora excelsa)
- Ironwood, black (Rhamnidium ferreum)
- Jacarandá, Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra)
- Lacewood (Platanus species)
- Laurel, California (Umbellularia californica)
- Lignum vitae(Guaiacum officinale and Guaiacum sanctum)
- Locust
- Black locust or Yellow locust (Robinia pseudacacia)
- Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Magnolia, cucumber (Magnolia acuminata)
- Mahogany
- Mahogany (W. Africa) (Khaya ivorensis)
- Mahogany (E. India) (Swietenia macrophylla)
- Mahogany (E. India) (Swietenia mahogani)
- Maple (Acer)
- Mpingo (Grenadilla) (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
- Oak (Quercus)
- Oregon Myrtle or California Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica)
- Pear (Pyrus communis)
- Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
- Poplar (Populus)
- Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- Black poplar (Populus nigra)
- Hybrid poplar (Populus x canadensis)
- Rosewood (Dalbergia spp.)
- Sassafras (Sassafras uariafolium)
- Sandalwood (Santalum album)
- Satinwood (Ceylon) (Chloroxylon swietenia)
- Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
- Spanish-cedar (Cedrela odorata)
- American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- Teak (Tectona grandis)
- Utile (Entandrophragma utile)
- Walnut (Juglans)
- Black walnut, (Juglans nigra)
- European walnut (Juglans regia)
- Willow (Salix)
- Black willow (Salix nigra)
- Cricket-bat willow (Salix alba 'Coerulea')
- White willow (Salix alba)
- Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
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