Wood Identification Database Home
Fibers
(Database source: NC State - A. Smith)
ACE Acer spp
(Maple)
AQF Ilex opaca
(Holly)
BET Alnus rubra
(Red Alder)
BET Betula spp
(Birch)
BET Carpinus caroliniana
(American Hornbeam / Blue Beech)
BET Ostrya virginiana
(Eastern Hophornbeam)
BIG Catalpa speciosa
(Catalpa)
COR Cornus spp
(Dogwood)
CSL Gleditsia triacanthos
(Honeylocust)
EBN Diospyros virginiana
(Persimmon)
ERI Arbutus menziesii
(Pacific Madrone)
ERI Oxydendrum arboreum
(Sourwood)
FAG Castanea dentata
(Chestnut)
FAG Castanopsis chrysophylla
(Golden Chinkapin)
FAG Fagus grandifolia
(Beech)
FAG Lithocarpus densiflorus
(Tanoak)
FAG Quercus alba,etc.
(White Oaks)
FAG Quercus rubra,etc.
(Red Oaks)
FAG Quercus virginiana
(Live Oak)
HAM Liquidambar styraciflua
(Sweetgum / Red Gum)
HCS Aesculus spp
(Buckeye)
JUG Carya spp
(Hickory)
JUG Juglans cinerea
(Butternut)
JUG Juglans nigra
(Black Walnut)
LAU Sassafras albidum
(Sassafras)
LAU Umbellularia californica
(California-Laurel / Oregon-Myrtle)
MAG Liriodendron tulipifera
(Yellow Poplar)
MAG Magnolia acuminata
(Cucumber Tree)
MAG Magnolia grandiflora
(South Magnolia)
MOR Maclura pomifera
(Osage Orange)
MOR Morus rubra
(Red Mulberry)
NYS Nyssa spp
(Tupelo / Black Gum)
OLE Fraxinus spp
(Ash)
PPL Cladrastis lutea
(Yellowwood)
PPL Robinia pseudoacacia
(Black Locust)
PLT Platanus occidentalis
(Sycamore)
ROS Prunus serotina
(Black Cherry)
SAL Populus spp
(Cottonwoods / Aspen)
SAL Salix spp
(Willows)
TIL Tilia americana
(Basswood)
ULM Celtis occidentalis
(Hackberry)
ULM Ulmus americana
(American Elm)
ULM Ulmus rubra
(Red Elm)