ASTM D1165-07
(Terminology)Standard Nomenclature of Commercial Hardwoods and Softwoods
Standard Nomenclature of Commercial Hardwoods and Softwoods
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
The purpose of this standard is to provide common tree names and botanical names for commercial species and species groups but is not intended to be all inclusive of commercial practice. The decision about which commercial species are included in this practice is made by the D07 committee on wood.
Individual species are frequently mixed in commercial species groups for marketing or harvesting convenience, or for similar appearance or performance properties, or both.
Consumers of lumber, plywood, and other wood-based products may use different mixes of species for the same species group name. This practice should provide clarity for nomenclature used throughout wood-consuming industries.
SCOPE
1.1 Commercial species group names are listed with common tree and botanical names. Commercial names are representative of commercial practice in the United States and Canada. Some foreign species that are used in the United States and Canada are listed in Appendix X1 with their commercial and botanical names.
1.2 The official common names conform AH 41. In addition to the official common name for a species, the checklist also lists other names by which the species and the lumber produced from it are sometimes designated. Names unique to Canada are shown with an *.
1.3 The designations in parentheses, (North) and (South), a convention used by the American Lumber Standard (ALS) Committee accredited lumber rules writing agencies listed in ALS PS 20, identify a commercial name applied only when the included species are harvested from Canada as (North) or the United States as (South).
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Designation: D1165 − 07
StandardNomenclature of
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Commercial Hardwoods and Softwoods
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D1165; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3. Terminology
1.1 Commercial species group names are listed with com- 3.1 Commercial names for lumber represent commercial
practice in the United States and Canada.
mon tree and botanical names. Commercial names are repre-
sentative of commercial practice in the United States and
3.2 Official common tree names are those used to identify
Canada.SomeforeignspeciesthatareusedintheUnitedStates
tree species.
and Canada are listed in Appendix X1 with their commercial
3.3 Botanical names are those that scientifically identify the
and botanical names.
genus and species of individual tree species.
1.2 The official common names conformAH 41. In addition
3.4 Commercial species groups are those that are combined
to the official common name for a species, the checklist also
for marketing convenience, for growing within the same forest
listsothernamesbywhichthespeciesandthelumberproduced
timber stand, or for similar performance properties and char-
from it are sometimes designated. Names unique to Canada are
acteristics.
shown with an *.
3.5 Single species and species groups are provided in
1.3 The designations in parentheses, (North) and (South), a
Tables 1-2 and shown by commercial names, official common
convention used by the American Lumber Standard (ALS)
tree names, and botanical names.
Committee accredited lumber rules writing agencies listed in
3.6 Species groups for hardwoods are shown in Table 1.
ALS PS 20, identify a commercial name applied only when the
3.7 Species groups for softwoods are shown in Table 2.
included species are harvested from Canada as (North) or the
United States as (South).
4. Significance and Use
4.1 The purpose of this standard is to provide common tree
2. Referenced Documents
names and botanical names for commercial species and species
2.1 Other Documents:
groups but is not intended to be all inclusive of commercial
ALS PS 20 American Softwood Lumber Standard
practice. The decision about which commercial species are
AH 41 Check List of Native and Naturalized Trees of the
included in this practice is made by the D07 committee on
United States (including Alaska), Agriculture Handbook
wood.
No. 41, 1953
4.2 Individual species are frequently mixed in commercial
species groups for marketing or harvesting convenience, or for
similar appearance or performance properties, or both.
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This nomenclature is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D07 on Wood
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D07.91 on Terminology and
4.3 Consumers of lumber, plywood, and other wood-based
Editorial.
products may use different mixes of species for the same
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2007. Published September 2007. Originally
species group name. This practice should provide clarity for
approved in 1951. Discontinued 2002. Reinstated as D1165 - 03. Last previous
edition approved in 2003 as D1165 - 03. DOI: 10.1520/D1165-07. nomenclature used throughout wood-consuming industries.
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Commercial Hardwood Species Group
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Commercial Names Common Tree Names Botanical Names
Alder: Red Alder† red alder Alnus rubra
Ash: White Ash blue ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
green ash F. pennsylvanica
white ash F. americana
Aspen: quaking aspen (trembling aspen) Populus tremuloides
bigtooth aspen (largetooth aspen) P. grandidentata
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Basswood American basswood Tilia americana
white basswood T. heterophylla
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Birch gray birch Betula populifolia
paper birch B. papyrifera
river birch B. nigra
sweet birch B. lenta
yellow birch B. alleghaniensis
Buckeye Ohio buckeye Aesculus glabra
yellow buckeye A. octandra
Cottonwood black cottonwood Populus trichocarpa
eastern cottonwood P. deltoides
plains cottonwood P. sargentii
swamp cottonwood P. heterophylla
balsam poplar P. balsamifera
Dogwood flowering dogwood Cornus florida
Pacific dogwood C. nuttalli
Hackberry hackberry Celtis occidentalis
sugarberry C. laevigata
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Hard Maple black maple Acer nigrum
sugar maple A. saccharum
Hickory mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa
pignut hickory C. glabra
shagbark hickory C. ovata
shellbark hickory C. laciniosa
Locust black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos
Magnolia cucumbertree Magnolia acuminata
southern magnolia M. grandiflora
sweetb
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