ASTM D1165-03

Standard Nonmenclature of Domestic Hardwoods and Softwoods

SCOPE
1.1 INTRODUCTION — Species listed in this standard are grouped by Softwood, Hardwood, or Commercial Species Group categories. The Commercial Species Group category is composed of different species or genera grouped for marketing convenience and identified with a single commercial name. Commercial names represent commercial practice in the United States and Canada.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jun-2003
• ICS: 01.040.79 - Wood technology (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 79.020 - Wood technology processes
• Technical Committee: D07 - Wood
• Drafting Committee: D07.91 - Terminology and Editorial

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D1165-80(1994)e1 - Standard Nonmenclature of Domestic Hardwoods and Softwoods (Withdrawn 2002)
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM D1165-07 - Standard Nomenclature of Commercial Hardwoods and Softwoods
• Effective Date: 01-Sep-2007
• Referred By: ASTM D5664-17 - Standard Test Method for Evaluating the Effects of Fire-Retardant Treatments and Elevated Temperatures on Strength Properties of Fire-Retardant Treated Lumber
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D9-20 - Standard Terminology Relating to Wood and Wood-Based Products
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D3930-08(2023) - Standard Specification for Adhesives for Wood-Based Materials for Construction of Manufactured Homes
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D2559-12a(2018) - Standard Specification for Adhesives for Bonded Structural Wood Products for Use Under Exterior Exposure Conditions
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D4445-23 - Standard Test Method for Fungicides for Controlling Sapstain and Mold on Unseasoned Lumber (Laboratory Method)
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D198-22a - Standard Test Methods of Static Tests of Lumber in Structural Sizes
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D1990-19 - Standard Practice for Establishing Allowable Properties for Visually-Graded Dimension Lumber from In-Grade Tests of Full-Size Specimens
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM G198-17 - Standard Test Method for Determining the Relative Corrosion Performance of Driven Fasteners in Contact with Treated Wood
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D6570-18a(2023)e1 - Standard Practice for Assigning Allowable Properties for Mechanically Graded Lumber
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D5516-18 - Standard Test Method for Evaluating the Flexural Properties of Fire-Retardant Treated Softwood Plywood Exposed to Elevated Temperatures
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D1038-19 - Standard Terminology Relating to Veneer, Plywood, and Wood Structural Panels
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D7857-16 - Standard Test Method for Evaluating the Flexural Properties and Internal Bond Strength of Fire-Retarded Mat-Formed Wood Structural Composite Panels Exposed to Elevated Temperatures
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:D1165–03
Standard Nomenclature of
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Domestic Hardwoods and Softwoods
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 1165; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope Group categories. The Commercial Species Group category is
composed of different species or genera grouped for marketing
1.1 INTRODUCTION — Species listed in this standard
convenience and identified with a single commercial name.
are grouped by Softwood, Hardwood, or Commercial Species
Commercial names represent commercial practice in the
United States and Canada.
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This nomenclature is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D07 onWood
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D07.91 on Technical Service.
Current edition approved June 10, 2003. Published August 2003. Originally
approved in 1951 as D 1165 -51T. Last previous edition approved in 1980 as
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D 1165-80 (1994) . Discontinued 2002. Reinstated as D 1165-03.
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D1165–03
HARDWOODS
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Commercial Names Official Common Tree Names Botanical Names
Alder:
Red Alder† red alder Alnus rubra
Ash:
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Black Ash black ash Fraxinus nigra
Oregon Ash Oregon ash F. latifolia
Pumpkin Ash pumpkin ash F. profunda
Aspen:
Aspen Poplar (North)*† quaking aspen (trembling aspen) Populus tremuloides
Balsam Poplar*† balsam poplar (balsam) P. balsamifera
Largetooth Aspen*† bigtooth aspen (largetooth aspen) P. grandidentata
Beech American beech Fagus grandifolia
Box Elder boxelder Acer negundo
Butternut butternut Juglans cinerea
Cherry black cherry Prunus serotina
Chestnut American chestnut Castanea dentata
Cottonwood:
Black Cottonwood*† black cottonwood Populus trichocarpa
Cucumber cucumbertree Magnolia acuminata
Elder: See Box Elder
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Gum sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
Holly American holly Ilex opaca
Ironwood eastern hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana
Madrone Pacific madrone Arbutus menziesii
Maple:
Oregon Maple bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum
Mulberry red mulberry Morus rubra
Myrtle: See Oregon Myrtle
Oregon Myrtle California-laurel Umbellularia californica
Osage Orange Osage-orange Maclura pomifera
Persimmon common persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Popple: See Aspen
Sassafras sassafras Sassafras albidum
Silverbell Carolina silverbell Halesia carolina
Sycamore American sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Tanoak tanoak Lithocarpus densiflorus
Walnut black walnut Juglans nigra
Yellow Poplar yellow poplar Liriodendron tulipifera
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The commercial names for lumber represent commercial practice in the United States and Canada.Adagger (†) indicates names recognized under theAmerican Lumber
Standard. The designation (north) identifies Canadian lumber exported to the United States. An asterisk (*) indicates a commercial name applied only when the included
species are harvested in Canada.
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The official common names conform to the Check List of Native and Naturalized Trees of the United States (includingAlaska),Agriculture Handbook No. 41, 1953, and
are sometimes used as names for lumber. In addition to the official common name for a species, the Check List also lists other names by which the species and the lumber
produced from it are sometimes designated. Names unique to Canada are shown in parentheses.
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Black ash is known commercially in some consuming centers as brown ash, and is also sometimes designated as such in specifications.
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Usually designated either as red gum or as sap gum, as the case may be, or as gum or sweetgum if unselected for color.
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D1165–03
SOFTWOODS
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Commercial Names Official Common Tree Names Botanical Names
Cedar:
Alaska Cedar† Alaska-cedar Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Eastern White Cedar*† northern white-cedar Thuja occidentalis
Incense Cedar† incense-cedar Libocedrus decurrens
Northern White Cedar† northern white-cedar Thuja occidentalis
Pacific Coast Yellow Cedar (North)*† Alaska-cedar (Pacific Coast yellow cedar) Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Port Orford Cedar† Port-Orford-cedar C. lawsoniana
Southern White Cedar Atlantic white-cedar C. thyoides
Western Red Cedar† western redcedar Thuja plicata
Western Red Cedar (North)*† western redcedar T. plicata
Douglas- Fir:
Douglas Fir Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii
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Douglas Fir (South)† Douglas-fir P. menziesii
Fir
Alpine Fir (North)*† subalpine fir (alpine fir) Abies lasiocarpa
Amabilis Fir (North)*† Pacific silver fir (amabilis fir) A. amabilis
Balsam Fir† balsam fir A. balsamea
Balsam Fir (North)
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