This was shared by a net friend from America.ASTM D1165-18 pdf free download.Standard Nomenclature of Commercial Hardwoods and Softwoods.
Commercial species group names are listed with common tree and botanical names. Commercial names are representative of commercial practice in the United States and Canada. Some foreign species that are used in the United States and Canada are listed in Appendix X1 with their commercial and botanical names.
3.1 Commercial names for lumber represent commercial practice in the United States and Canada.
3.2 Official common tree names are those used to identify tree species.
3.3 Botanical names are those that scientifically identify the genus and species of individual tree species.
3. 4 Commercial species groups are those that are combined for marketing convenience, for growing within the same forest timber stand, or for similar performance properties and char acteristics
3.5 Single species and species groups are provided in Table I and Table 2 and shown by commercial names, official common tree names, and botanical names. A species group can include a mix of hardwood species and softwood species.
The purpose of this standard is to provide common tree names and botanical names for commercial species and species groups but is not intended to be all inclusive of commercial practice. The decision about which commercial species are included in this practice is made by the D07 committee on wood.
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