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- The commonly used softwoods in woodworking. Known as conifers
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A large Canadian Douglas fir tree.
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A List of 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.
- 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)
- Kauri (New Zealand) (Agathis australis)
- 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)
Once again thanks to the guys at Wikipedia who made up this list.
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