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Table of Species

North American Hardwoods
#	Species Name
1	alder, red
2	ash, black
3	ash, green
4	ash, Oregon
5	ash, pumpkin
6	ash, white
7	aspen, quaking
8	basswood, American
9	beech, American
10	birch, paper
11	birch, river
12	birch, sweet
13	birch, yellow
14	buckeye, yellow
15	butternut
16	cherry, black
17	chestnut, American
18	cottonwood, black
19	cottonwood, eastern
20	elm, American
21	elm, cedar
22	elm, rock
23	elm, slippery
24	elm, winged
25	hackberry
26	hickory, pecan
27	hickory, mockernut
28	hickory, pignut
29	hickory, shagbark
30	hickory, shellbark
31	holly, American
32	honeylocust
33	locust, black
34	madrone, Pacific
35	magnolia, cucumbertree
36	magnolia, Southern
37	magnolia, sweetbay
38	maple, bigleaf
39	maple, black (hard maple)
40	maple, red (soft maple)
41	maple, silver (soft maple)
42	maple, sugar (hard maple)
43	oak, black
44	oak, laurel
45	oak, Northern red
46	oak, Southern red
47	oak, water
48	oak, willow
49	oak, live
50	oak, overcup
51	oak, white
52	persimmon, common
53	poplar, yellow-
54	sassafras
55	sweetgum
56	sycamore, American
57	tanoak
58	tupelo, black
59	tupelo, water
60	walnut, black
61	willow, black

North American Softwoods
#	Species Name
62	baldcypress
63	cedar, Alaska-
64	cedar, Atlantic white-
65	cedar, eastern red
66	cedar, incense-
67	cedar, Northern white-
68	cedar, Port-Orford-
69	cedar, western red
70	Douglas-fir, coast
71	Douglas-fir, interior north
72	Douglas-fir, interior west
73	fir, balsam
74	fir, California red
75	fir, grand
76	fir, noble
77	fir, Pacific silver
78	fir, subalpine
79	fir, white
80	hemlock, eastern
81	hemlock, western
82	juniper, western
83	larch, western
84	pine, eastern white
85	pine, jack
86	pine, loblolly
87	pine, lodgepole
88	pine, longleaf
89	pine, pond
90	pine, ponderosa
91	pine, red
92	pine, shortleaf
93	pine, slash
94	pine, sugar
95	pine, Virginia
96	pine, western white
97	pine, radiata (Monterey)
98	redwood, old-growth
99	redwood, young-growth
100	spruce, black
101	spruce, Engelmann
102	spruce, red
103	spruce, Sitka
104	tamarack

Tropical Hardwoods
#	Species Name
105	andiroba, crabwood (Carapa guianensis)
106	angelique (Dicorynia guianensis)
107	apitong, keruing (Dipterocarpus spp.)
108	avodire (Turreanthus africanus)
109	balsa (Ochroma pyramidale)
110	banak (Virola spp.)
111	cativo (Prioria copaifera)
112	cuangare (Dialyanthera spp.)
113	greenheart (Ocotea rodiaei)
114	iroko (Chlorophora excelsa & C. regia)
115	lauan, dark red (Shorea spp.)
116	lauan, light red (Shorea spp.)
117	limba (Terminalia superba)
118	mahogany, African (Khaya spp.)
119	mahogany (true) (Swietenia macrophylla)
120	obeche (Triplochiton scleroxylon)
121	okoume (Auocoumea klaineana)
122	Parana pine (Araucaria angustifolia)
123	pau marfim (Balfourodendron riedelianum)
124	primavera (Cybistax donnell-smithii)
125	ramin (Gonystylus spp.)
126	Spanish-cedar (Cedrela spp.)
127	teak (Tectona grandis)

Shrinkage coefficients and formulas from:

Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI.

Alden, H.A. Hardwoods of North America, 1995. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-83. USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI.

Kininmonth, J.A. and L.J. Whitehouse. Properties and Uses of New Zealand Radiata Pine. 1991. Forest Research Institute, Rotorua, NZ.