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T ABLE 10.1 Major Sources of Hardwood and Softwood Species by Region

Hardwoods Softwoods

Western Northern and

Appalachia Southern Western Northern Southern

Ash Ash Red alder Incense cedar Northern white cedar Atlantic white cedar

Basswood Aspen Oregon ash Port Orford cedar Balsam fir Bald cypress

American Basswood Aspen Douglas-fir Eastern hemlock Fraser fir

beech Buckeye Black cottonwood Western hemlock Fraser fir Southernpine

Butternut Butternut California black oak Western larch Jack pine Eastern red cedar

Cottonwood American beech Big leaf maple Lodgepole pine Eastern white pine

Elm Birch Paper birch Ponderosa pine Eastern red cedar

Hackberry Black cherry Tan oak Sugar pine Eastern spruces

Pecan hickory American chestnut * Western white pine Tamarack

True hickory Cottonwood Western red cedar

Honey locust Elm Red wood

Black locust Hackberry Englemann spruce

Magnolia True hickory Siitka spruce

Soft maple Honey locust Yellow cedar

Red oak Black locust

White oak Hard maple

Sassafras Soft maple

Sweetgum Red oak

American White oak

sycamore American sycamore

Tupelo Black walnut

Black walnut Yellow poplar

Black willow
Yellow poplar
Chestnut no longer harvested, but lumber from salvage timbers available. *