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DEFINITIONS: 

 BURL:     A HARD OUTGROWTH ON A TREE, USUALLY RESULTING FROM THE ENTWINED GROWTH OF A CLUSTER  OF BUDS. SUCH BURLS ARE THE SOURCE OF THE HIGHLY FIGURED GAINS THAT ARE HIGHLY  SOUGHT AFTER FOR THE INCREDIBLE LOOK THEY YIELD.
 
BIRDS-EYE:     FIGURE ON THE SURFACE OF WOOD THAT HAS NUMEROUS ROUNDED AREAS RESEMBLING  SMALL EYES. USUALLY FOUND ON MAPLE AND A FEW OTHER SPECIES. 

CROSS CUT:     AN ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH THE WOOD IS CUT ACROSS THE GRAIN TO GIVE IT A  DIFFERENT LOOK.

SPALTING WOODS: THESE WOODS GET THEIR WONDERFULLY FIGURED AND STRIKING LOOK FROM A FUNGI THAT SETS IN A DEAD TREE   

NAME OF WOOD                                                                                         NATIVE TO THIS COUNTRY                                                 BOTANICAL NAME

AFICAN BLACKWOOD                                                                             HARDWOOD               SOUTH AFRICA                                 DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON AFICAN LACE                                                                                                                                      SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA          NARRA         
AFICIAN ZEBRA                                                                                                                                 SOUTH AFRICA
ALABASTER              SUGAR MAPLE                                                                                             NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
ALLEE                          ASH MAPLE                                                                                                   NOTH AMERICA - CENTRAL & EASTERN US
ALMOND
AMBUYNA BURL    SUGAR MAPLE                                                                                             NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
AMERICAN HOLLY                                                                                                                            BRAZIL                                              LYPTUS
ARGENTINE LIGNUM        MYRTLE                                                                                             SOUTHWEST OREGON & CENTRAL CALIF
ASH
BANYAN -                                                                                                                                              HAWAIIAN
BIRDS EYE MAPLE BURL                                                                                                                EUROPE & EASTERN AFRICA 
BLOODWOOD                      OAK                                                                                                         EASTERN UNITED STATES         
BOCOTE                                 HARDWOOD                                                                                        AMERICAN TROPICS                     BORAGE
BOX ELDER BURL             MAPLE                                                                                                  NORTH AMERICA 
BRAZIL CHERRY                                                                                                                               AFRICA & SUDAN & MEXICO     CAROB
BROWN MALLEE               SUGAR MAPLE                                                                                 NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
BROWN MOLLY                                                                                                                                 EASTERN NORTH AMERICA     ACER
BUBINGA                                                                                                                                             AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA     GUIBOURTIA
BUCKEYE BURL  -NATURAL                                                                                                       OHIO & OHIO VALLEY UNITED STATES
BUCKEYE BURL  - RED STAIN                                                                                                     MALAYSIA, INDONESIA AND SOUTH ASIA 
CAMARY                                                                                                                                               ARGENTINA-BOLIVIA-PARAGUAY BORDER
CANARY WOOD
CATALPA                                                                                                                                             NORTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN & EAST ASIA
CEDAR
     1- RED CEDAR              SOFTWOOD                                                                                               NORTH AMERICAN                     CEDRUS 
    2- WHITE CEDAR         SOFTWOOD                                                                                               NORTH AMERICAN                    CEDRUS 
    3- YELLOW CEDAR     SOFTWOOD                                                                                               NORTH AMERICAN                     CEDRUS
CHECHEN                                                                                                                                                 AUSTRALIA                                     ALLOCASUARINA
CHERRY 
    1- BLACK CHERRY     HARDWOOD                                                                                             EASTERN NORTH AMERICA     PRUNUS 
    2- RED CHERRY          HARDWOOD                                                                                             NEW ENGLAND, APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
COCOBOLO                        HARDWOOD                                                                                             CENTRAL AMERICA                     DALBERGIA
CROSSCUT BIRDS EYE MAPLE BURL
CYPRESS  
    1- ARIZONA CYPRESS                 SOFTWOOD                                                                            ARIZONA - UNITED STATES     CUPRESSACEAE 
    2- AUSTRALIAN CYPRESS        SOFTWOOD                                                                           AUSTRALIA                                      CUPRESSACEAE 
    3- BALD CYPRESS                          SOFTWOOD                                                                           SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES     
    4- HINOKI CYPRESS                    SOFTWOOD                                                                            CENTRAL JAPAN                            CUPRESSACEAE 
    5- LAWSON'S CYPRESS               SOFTWOOD                                                                            SOUTHWEST OREGON                   CUPRESSACEAE 
    6- MEDITERRANEAN CYPRESS                                                                                                 MEDITERRANEAN                          CUPRESSACEAE 
    7- SOUTHERN CYPRESS             SOFTWOOD                                                                           SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
DOGWOOD                                            HARDWOOD                                                                         ENGLAND - WORLD WIDE CORNACEAE
EBONY                                                   HARDWOOD                                                                         SOUTHERN INDIA & SRI LANKA DIOSPYROS
ELM / RED
EUCALYPTUS TREE BURL                                                                                                                AUSTRALIA                                     MYRTLE
HICKORY                                             HARDWOOD                                                                         CHINA, INDOCHINA, UNITED STATES
HOLLY / EUROPEAN
IRONWOOD - DESERT                     HARDWOOD                                                                         SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES         FABACEAE
KINGWOOD                                                                                                                                            SOUTHWEST CHINA - UNITED STATES         CALOCEDRUS LACEWOOD                                        HARDWOOD                                                                          AUSTRALIA / NORTH AMERICA                 AMERICAN SYCAMORE LEOPARD WOOD
LILAC - PERSIAN
MAHAGONY                                     HARDWOOD                                                                         NATIVE AMERICAN                                             SWIETENIA MAHAGONI MAPLE 
    1- SUGAR MAPLE                       HARDWOOD                                                                         NORTHEASTER NORTH AMERICA                 ACER 
    2- BLACK MAPLE                       HARDWOOD                                                                         MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES                      ACER 
    3- RED MAPLE                            SOFTWOOD                                                                            EASTERN NORTH AMERICA                            ACER 
    4- SILVER MAPLE                     SOFTWOOD                                                                            EASTERN NORTH AMERICA                            ACER 
    5- CROSSCUT BIRDS EYE MAPLE BURL 
    6- MAPLE AMBROSIA
MILO - HAWAIIAN
MOPANI
MORA
MYRTLE BURL
OAK                                                      HARDWOOD                                                                       EUROPE, ASIA & NORTH AMERICA     600 SPECIES ON EARTH
OAK BURL                                         HARDWOOD                                                                       EUROPE, ASIA & NORTH AMERICA     600 SPECIES ON EARTH
OLIVE BURL                                    HARDWOOD                                                                       MEDITERRANEAN BASIN                                 OLEACEAE     
OLIVEWOOD - BETHLEHEM     HARDWOOD                                                                        JERUSALEM/BETHLEHEM                               OLEACEAE
ORANGE
OSASE
PADOUK                                            HARDWOOD                                                                       CENTRAL &  WEST AFRICA                                 FABACEAE
PAG ROSA
PERSIMMON
PINK IVORY                                                                                                                                     SOUTH AFRICA
PURPLE HEART                             HARDWOOD                                                                                                                                                                     AMARANATH RAMBUTAN/LONGAN BERRY
RED MOLLY
RED PALM
ROSEWOOD / BOLIVIAN                                                                                                             BELIZE & HONDURAN                                             NOGAED
SAPELE
SHEOAK
TAMARIND
TEAK 
        CHUMARO/BRAZILIAN TEAK
TIGER WOOD
TULIP                                             HARDWOOD                                                                           EASTERN NORTH AMERICA                                 POPLAR
WALNUT                                     HARDWOOD                                                                             UNITED STATES                                                      21SPECIES  
    IPE/BRAZILIAN WALNUT
     BLACK WALNUT
     BLACK WALNUT CROSS CUT
WENGE                                             HARDWOOD                                                                         REPUBLIC OF CONGO                                         MILLETTIA LAURENTIL YELLOW HEART
ZEBRA WOOD                                 HARDWOOD                                                                         WEST AFRICA                                                         MICROBERLINIA