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Botanical Names

United States Hardwood Commercial, Official and Botanical Names

Nomenclature for some types of hardwood lumber

Commercial Name

for Lumber

Official Common

Tree Name

Botanical Name

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Red Oak

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Black

Quercus veletina

- - Blackjack Oak Q. marilandica
- - California Black Oak Q. kelloggi
- - CherrybarK Oak Q. falcata var. pagodaefolia
- - Laurel Oak Q. laurifolia
- - Northern Pin Oak Q. ellipsoidalis
- - Northern Red Oak Q. rubra
- - Nuttail Oal Q. nuttallii
- - Pin Oak Q. palustris
- - Scarlet Oak Q. coccinea
- - Shumard Oak Q. shumardii
- - Southern Red Oak Q. falcata
- - Turkey Oak Q. laevis
- - Willow Oak Q. phellos

White Oak

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Arizona White Oak

Q. arizonoca

- - Blue Oak Q. douglasii
- - Bur Oak Q. macrocarpa
- - California White Oak Q. lobata
- - Chestnut Oak Q. primus
-   Chinkapin Oak Q. muehlenbergii
- - Emory Oak Q. emoryi
- - Gambel Oak Q. gambelii
- - Mexican Blue Oak Q. oblongifolia
- - Live Oak Q. virginiana
- - Oregon White Oak Q. garryana
- - Overcup Oak Q. lyrata
- - Post Oak Q. stellata
- - Swamp Chestnut Oak Q. michauxii
- - Swamp White Oak Q. bicolor
- - White Oak Q. alba

Pecan

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Bitternut Hickory

Carya cordiformis

- - Nutmeg Hickory C. myristicaeformis
- - Water Hickory C. aquatica
- - Pecan C. illinoensis

Poplar

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Yellow Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Sycamore

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American Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

Walnut

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Black Walnut

Juglans nigra

Willow

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Black Willow

Salix nigra

- - Peachleaf Willow S. amygdaloides

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