List of Woods - Softwoods (conifers)

Softwoods (conifers)

• Araucaria
  • Hoop Pine (Aus.) Araucaria cunninghamii
  • Parana Pine (Brazil) Araucaria angustifolia
  • Pehuén or Chile Pine Araucaria araucana
• Cedar (Cedrus); also applied to a number of woods from trees in the Cypress family mainly in North America, see Red Cedar, Whitecedar and Yellow-Cedar in Softwoods, and to woods from some relatives of the mahogany, see Spanish-cedar and Australian Red Cedar in Hardwoods.
• Celery Top Pine (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius)
• Cypress (Chamaecyparis, Cupressus, Taxodium)
  • Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica)
  • Bald Cypress or Southern cypress (Taxodium distichum)
  • Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
  • Lawson's Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
  • Mediterranean Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)
• Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca)
• European Yew (Taxus baccata)
• Fir (Abies)
  • Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
  • Silver Fir (Abies alba)
  • Noble Fir (Abies procera)
  • Pacific Silver Fir (Abies amabilis)
• Hemlock (Tsuga)
  • Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
  • Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)
  • Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
• Huon Pine, Macquarie Pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii)
• Kauri (New Zealand) (Agathis australis)
• Kauri (Queensland, Australia) (Agathis robusta)
• Kaya (Torreya nucifera)
• Larch (Larix)
  • European Larch (Larix decidua)
  • Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi)
  • Tamarack Larch or Tamarack (Larix laricina)
  • Western Larch (Larix occidentalis)
• Pine (Pinus; Many woods are incorrectly called "Pine". See Araucaria and Douglas-fir above)
  • Corsican pine (Pinus nigra)
  • Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)
  • Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta subsp latifolia)
  • Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata)
  • Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
  • Red Pine (N.Am.) (Pinus resinosa)
  • Scots Pine, Red pine (UK), Red deal (UK), Redwood (UK, obsolete) (Pinus sylvestris)
  • White Pine in (N.Am.), Yellow or Weymouth pine (UK, obsolete)
    • Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
    • Western White Pine (Pinus monticola)
    • Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana)
  • Southern Yellow pine (US)
    • Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
    • Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)
    • Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida)
    • Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata)
• "Redcedar"
  • Eastern Redcedar, (Juniperus virginiana)
  • Western redcedar (Thuja plicata)
• Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
• Rimu (New Zealand) (Dacrydium cupressinum)
• Spruce (Picea)
  • Norway Spruce (Picea abies)
  • Black Spruce (Picea mariana)
  • Red Spruce (Picea rubens)
  • Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
  • White Spruce (Picea glauca)
• Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)
• "Whitecedar"
  • Northern Whitecedar (Thuja occidentalis)
  • Southern Whitecedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides)
• "Yellow-cedar" (Nootka Cypress Callitropsis nootkatensis, formerly Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)