locust or yellow locust robinia pseudacacia honey locust gleditsia triacanthos manitoba maple acer negundo red maple acer rubrum silver maple acer saccharinum meranti shorea spp mpingo grenadilla dalbergia melanoxylon oak quercus american white oak includes wood from any of the following species of trees bur oak quercus macrocarpa white oak quercus alba post oak quercus stellata swamp white oak quercus bicolor southern live oak quercus virginiana swamp chestnut oak quercus michauxii chestnut oak quercus prinus or q montana chinkapin oak quercus muhlenberaii canyon live oak quercus chrysolepis overcup oak quercus lyrata english oak also french and slovenian oak barrels quercus robur and sometimes quercus petraea red oak includes wood from any of the following species of trees red oak quercus rubra black oak quercus velutina laurel oak quercus laurifolia southern red oak quercus falcata water oak quercus nigra willow oak quercus phellos nuttall 39 s oak quercus texana or q nuttallii willow oak quercus phellos u201c tasmanian oak u201d not an oak see eucalyptus above australian u201c silky oak u201d not an oak see silky oak below obeche or samba ayous arere wana abache west africa triplochiton scleroxylon okounn u00e9 or u201c gaboon u201d aucoumea klaineana oregon myrtle or california bay laurel umbellularia califormica pear pyrus communis pernambuco is another name for brazilwood caesalpinia echinata poplar populus in n am wood sold as poplar is usually yellow poplar u2014 see below balsam poplar populus balsamifera black poplar populus nigra hybrid poplar populus u00d7 canadensis ramin red cedar toona ciliata rosewood dalberaia spp sal shorea robusta sandalwood santalum sassafras sassafras albidum sassafras australia atherosperma moschatum satinwood ceylon.