Selected common names or trade names are for a single species in the respective genus. The total number of recognized common names for wood is just fewer than 170,000. Taxa listed by common name. All species look alike. Alder Alnus 35 North temperate regions south to southeast Asia and the Andes.
All species look alike.
Amaranth Peltogyne 23 Tropical America. All species look alike. Amyris Amyris 30 Tropical America. All species look alike. Ash Fraxinus 65 North temperate regions to the tropics.