Hardwood and Softwood Species
Species of hardwood vs. softwood. Softwood comes from gymnosperms (mostly conifers), while hardwood comes from angiosperms (flowering plants).
| Type | Species |
|---|---|
| Hardwood | Alder, red |
| Hardwood | Apple |
| Hardwood | Ash, black |
| Hardwood | Ash, green |
| Hardwood | Ash, white |
| Hardwood | Aspen |
| Hardwood | Basswood, American |
| Hardwood | Beech, American |
| Hardwood | Birch, paper |
| Hardwood | Birch, sweet |
| Hardwood | Birch, yellow |
| Hardwood | Cherry, black |
| Hardwood | Chestnut, American |
| Hardwood | Cottonwood |
| Hardwood | Elm, American |
| Hardwood | Elm, cedar |
| Hardwood | Elm, rock |
| Hardwood | Hackberry |
| Hardwood | Hickory, bitternut |
| Hardwood | Hickory, mockernut |
| Hardwood | Hickory, pignut |
| Hardwood | Hickory, red |
| Hardwood | Hickory, sand |
| Hardwood | Hickory, water |
| Hardwood | Magnolia |
| Hardwood | Maple, silver |
| Hardwood | Maple, sugar |
| Hardwood | Oak, California black |
| Hardwood | Oak, northern red |
| Hardwood | Oak, southern red |
| Hardwood | Oak, water |
| Hardwood | Oak, white |
| Hardwood | Oak, willow |
| Hardwood | Sweetgum |
| Hardwood | Sycamore, American |
| Hardwood | Tupelo, black |
| Hardwood | Tupelo, swamp |
| Hardwood | Tupelo, water |
| Hardwood | Walnut, black |
| Hardwood | Yellow-poplar |
| Softwood | Baldcypress |
| Softwood | Cedar, eastern red |
| Softwood | Cedar, incense |
| Softwood | Cedar, Port-Orford |
| Softwood | Cedar, western red |
| Softwood | Cedar, yellow |
| Softwood | Douglas-fir, coast type |
| Softwood | Fir, balsam |
| Softwood | Fir, grand |
| Softwood | Fir, noble |
| Softwood | Fir, Pacific silver |
| Softwood | Fir, white |
| Softwood | Hemlock, eastern |
| Softwood | Hemlock, western |
| Softwood | Larch, western |
| Softwood | Pine, loblolly |
| Softwood | Pine, lodgepole |
| Softwood | Pine, longleaf |
| Softwood | Pine, ponderosa |
| Softwood | Pine, red |
| Softwood | Pine, shortleaf |
| Softwood | Pine, sugar |
| Softwood | Pine, western white |
| Softwood | Redwood, old growth |
| Softwood | Spruce, black |
| Softwood | Spruce, Engelmann |
| Softwood | Spruce, Sitka |
| Softwood | Tamarack |