Alder—soft hardwood of medium density. From the birch family. Grows throughout the north temperate zone as well as the northern and southern Andes, with some species extending as far as Central America.

Ambrosia Maple—soft maple from North America with a cream-colored background with greyish blue to brown streaks caused by infestations of the ambrosia beetle that leave a fungus that discolors the wood.

Ancient Bog Oak—5,000-6,000 years old. From oak trees that have been preserved in peat bogs. Rich dark shades of greenish and grayish brown to deep black.

Beli—a tropical African hardwood found in the Congo Basin, usually from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Light to medium brown in color, with distinctive contrasting interlocked grain pattern, giving it a shimmering dimensional look.

Bethlehem Olivewood—hard, dense wood. From the area of Bethlehem in the Middle East and harvested from the pruning of existing trees. Diverse variety of natural rich color and tonal depth, and unique grain patterns.

Birch—a light colored close grain which is light in weight. Hardwood native to North America.

Black Walnut—dark chocolate, hard, dense, fine-grained wood. North America from Vermont to Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas.

Bloodwood—deep, dark red color with a very distinct grain. High density wood from South America. Traditionally known as Satine.

Bocote—exotic wood from Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Greenish yellow to golden brown with dark stripes. Darkens with age.

Bolivian Rosewood—part of the rosewood family, also known as Santos Rosewood and Morado. Fine textured deep ruddy brown to purplish brown that resembles Indian Rosewood but with a greater color range.

Canarywood—pale yellowish-brown to pale olive-brown. Medium to high luster hardwood.

Chakte Kok—pink to red colored hardwood. Found in Southern Mexico to southern Brazil and Paraguay.

Chechen—rich brown color with darker blackish brown stripes. Otherwise known as Caribbean Rosewood. Found in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, northern Guatemala, Belize, Bonaire, Curacao, and the Yucatán to Veracruz in Mexico.

Cherry—a dense hardwood with a fine, straight grain. Reddish to reddish-brown.

Cocobolo—orange to reddish-brown hardwood with darker irregular traces of black or purple weaving through the wood. Fine texture. Originates from Central America.

Coffee Tree—porous like oak or ash but with more brown tones. Native to Midwest, Upper South Appalachia, Kentucky and pockets of New York and Ontario.

Gaboon Ebony—exceptionally dense tropical hardwood native to Western Africa. It is uniform jet-black in color.

Goncalo Alves (Tigerwood)—hardwood, varies from orangish hues to deep reddish-brown with dark streaks. Originates from the east coast of Brazil.

Hickory—Found throughout Asia, India, North America, and Mexico. Medium-brown hardwood with a reddish hue.

Honey Locust—light colored with a hard, coarse grain. 30% harder than red oak. Native to Central United States.

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Indian Rosewood—native to India and grown in plantations in Pakistan and Java. Darkens to a deep brown color. Softwood with deep tones. Darkens with age.

Leopardwood—reddish-brown hardwood with a distinctive grain pattern with multitudes of eyes. Found from Northern Mexico through Central America to Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Southern Brazil.

Mango—native to India, Myanmar, and East Asia. Farmed in Kenya and China. Light to golden brown with unique grain and color variations.

Maple—creamy white hardwood with a slight reddish-brown tinge. Close fine texture. Curly Maple has undulating bands running perpendicular to the grain. Birds Eye Maple has a distinctive pattern of tiny swirling eyes throughout the grain—the cause of this pattern remains a mystery.

Marblewood—hardwood with highly distinctive stripes, sometimes known as Serpentwood. Pale yellow with dark brown striping with a finer texture than Zebrawood. A type of Acacia wood, it is found in eastern Australia.

Monterillo Rosewood—heavier density than Brazilian or Indian Rosewood. Also known as Pau Ferro. It grows in South America. Chocolate browns and golden tones with variegated black interwoven lines.

Padauk—hardwood native to central and tropical west Africa, grows natively from Myanmar to Vietnam. Introduced to plantations in India and the Caribbean. Very distinctive reddish orange coloration that darkens over time.

Purpleheart—deep purple hardwood slowly transitions to dark brownish-purple shade. One of the hardest woods available. Found throughout Central and South America, mostly in the Amazon Basin.

Sapele—from the rain forests of West Africa, Ivory Coast through Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, and eastward to Uganda and Tanzania. Reddish-brown hardwood with interlocked grains that look similar to mahogany wood.

Sonoran Desert Ironwood—found in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Mexico, also known as Palo Fierro. One of the hardest and heaviest woods in the world. The only species in the genus Olneya. Slow growing and sinks in water. Ranges from orangish-yellow to darker red or brown with dark violet to black streaks.

Spalted Tamarind—a durable hardwood sapwood from Southeast Asia. The spalting gives the wood a spiderweb pattern. Yellowish-brown to reddish-brown.

Sycamore—white to light yellow in color. Fine interlocked grain with a characteristic fleck. Native to eastern United States to as far as eastern Iowa. Often found along streambanks and bottomlands.

Thuya Burl—praised by the Romans and Greeks, an evergreen softwood related to the juniper. Found in Morocco. It has a 3-dimensional pattern of small dark eyes. Golden brown to reddish brown.

Wenge—medium brown with a reddish or yellowish hue and nearly black streaks, distinctive figure and patterns. Dense tropical hardwood. Native to Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea.

Zebrawood—a general wood term for similar woods that grow in Central America, and Central Africa (Cameroon, Congo, and Gabon). Pale yellow wood with narrow streaks of dark brown to black. Hardwood.

Ziricote—grows in southern Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Extremely fine texture with a spider-webbing grain. Medium to dark brown, sometimes with a green or purplish tint. Also known as Mexican Rosewood, though it is not a rosewood. Dense and difficult to cut.