Eric Meier (IWCS #9701)
Are you interested in getting or using new and unusual wood species? Are you a wood collector? If so, maybe we can trade. If you are a member of the International Wood Collectors Society (IWCS), then you probably already know that the standard size for wood samples is 6″ (long) x 3″ (wide) x 1/2″ (thick).
What I’ve got for trade
Please note that this is not a for-sale list—I’m only looking to extend my diversity of wood species and therefore multiply the reach of the site. For purchasing wood samples, I’d direct you to other sources such as Gary Green, Carlton McLendon Inc, or the man who quite literally wrote the book on wood collecting, Alan Curtis.| # | Common Name | Scientific Name | Notes |
| 001 | Pacific silver fir | Abies amabilis | knot |
| 002 | Pacific silver fir | Abies amabilis | approximately 2.4″ wide |
| 287 | Pink gidgee | Acacia crombei | 7/16″ thick, wane edge, ~65% sapwood |
| 006 | Box elder | Acer negundo | defects |
| 007 | Red maple | Acer rubrum | slight defects |
| 008 | Hard maple | Acer saccharum | |
| 010 | Ambrosia maple | Acer sp. | |
| 011 | Ambrosia maple | Acer sp. | streaked, but without bug holes |
| 009 | Mountain maple | Acer spicatum | glued up (two piece), defects |
| 012 | Yellow buckeye | Aesculus flava (= A. octandra) | |
| 191 | Chamfuta | Afzelia quanzensis | |
| 013 | Kauri | Agathis australis | swamp-recovered Kauri |
| 015 | Lebbeck | Albizia lebbeck | |
| 158 | Lebbeck | Albizia lebbeck | 2 7/8″ wide |
| 016 | Black siris | Albizia odoratissima | |
| 017 | Boonaree | Alectryon oleifolius | glued up (two piece), 7/16″ thick, 5 3/4″ long |
| 018 | Boonaree | Alectryon oleifolius | mostly sapwood |
| 019 | Buloke | Allocasuarina luehmannii | minor defects |
| 020 | Buloke | Allocasuarina luehmannii | defects |
| 021 | Buloke | Allocasuarina luehmannii | |
| 022 | Red alder | Alnus rubra | knot one side |
| 259 | Emien | Alstonia congensis | 2 7/8″ wide |
| 307 | Cerejeira | Amburana cearensis | 4″ x 4″ x 1.5″ thick |
| 322 | Cerejeira | Amburana cearensis | 2 5/8″ wide, 5 3/4″ long, checks |
| 308 | Cebil | Anadenanthera colubrina | 4″ x 4″ x 2″ |
| 023 | Mersawa | Anisoptera sp. | glued up (two piece) |
| 024 | Parana pine | Araucaria angustifolia | |
| 025 | Madrone (burl veneer) | Arbutus menziesii | veneer mounted to 1/2″ MDF |
| 302 | Manzanita (root) | Arctostaphylos sp. | wane and defects, missing corner |
| 323 | Manzanita | Arctostaphylos sp. | defects/checks |
| 203 | Goncalo alves | Astronium sp. | 3/4″ thick |
| 027 | Blackheart sassafras | Atherosperma moschatum | |
| 236 | Tawa | Beilschmieda tawa | 5 3/4″ long, thickness tapers from 1/2″ to 3/8″ |
| 189 | Brown ivory | Berchemia discolor | |
| 028 | Pink ivory | Berchemia zeyheri | glued up (two piece), moderately curly figure |
| 029 | Pink ivory | Berchemia zeyheri | moderately curly figure |
| 030 | Brazilnut | Bertholletia excelsa | |
| 204 | Brazilnut | Bertholletia excelsa | glued up (2 stacked facegrain pieces) |
| 294 | Brazilnut | Bertholletia excelsa | 7/8″ thick; glued-up (two piece) |
| 031 | Suriname ironwood/yzerhart | Bocoa prouacensis | some sapwood, slight drying check one side |
| 033 | Sucupira | Bowdichia virgilioides | |
| 260 | Bomanga | Brachystegia laurentii | 2 7/8″ wide |
| 190 | Masasa | Brachystegia spiciformis | |
| 234 | Bloodwood | Brosimum rubescens | good red color; 2 3/4″ wide, ~1″ thick |
| 251 | Bloodwood | Brosimum rubescens | 5 7/8″ long, 7/16″ thick |
| 211 | Argentine lignum vitae | Bulnesia sarmientoi | 5.5″ long |
| 242 | Gumbo limbo | Bursera simaruba | spalted, ~3/8″ thick |
| 213 | Boxwood | Buxus sempervirens | glued up (two piece) |
| 214 | Boxwood | Buxus sempervirens | defects/discoloration |
| 224 | Rose alder | Caldeluvia australiensis | |
| 035 | Lemonwood | Calycophyllum candidissimum | glued up (two piece) |
| 284 | Oriental hornbeam | Carpinus orientalis | |
| 194 | Mulmanama | Cassia abbreviata | 5 3/4″ long |
| 206 | Mulmanama | Cassia abbreviata | |
| 207 | Mulmanama | Cassia abbreviata | 5 3/4″ long, glued up (2 facegrain pieces) |
| 037 | American chestnut | Castanea dentata | defects |
| 038 | Chinese chestnut | Castanea mollissima | |
| 167 | Sweet chestnut | Castanea sativa | 2.7″ wide |
| 039 | Belah | Casuarina cristata | |
| 040 | Southern catalpa | Catalpa bignonioides | |
| 041 | Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis | |
| 237 | Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis | 7/16″ thick |
| 217 | Momoqui | Cenostimga pluviosa (=Caesalpinia) | glued up (3 stacked facegrain layers) |
| 042 | Carob | Ceratonia siliqua | defects |
| 309 | Mountain Mahogany | Cercocarpus ledifolius | 4″ x 4″ x 2″; drying checks, some sapwood |
| 043 | Port Orford cedar | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | approximately 2.4″ wide |
| 233 | Camphor | Cinnamomum camphora | |
| 326 | Florida fiddlewood | Citharexylum spinosum | 3/8″ thick; glued up (two-piece) |
| 327 | Florida fiddlewood | Citharexylum spinosum | just under 3/8″ thick |
| 262 | Cordia | Cordia platythyrsa | 2 7/8″ wide |
| 219 | Kou | Cordia subcordata | some sapwood, wane edge |
| 044 | Hazel | Corylus avellana | 2.6″ wide |
| 319 | Cadaghi (quartersawn) | Corymbia torelliana | 2 3/4″ wide; some bug holes/discoloration |
| 320 | Cadaghi (flatsawn) | Corymbia torelliana | 2 3/4″ wide; some bug holes/discoloration |
| 264 | Oneseed hawthorn | Crataegus monogyna | defects, wane, 1.75 to 2.75″ wide, 7/16″ thick |
| 045 | Bolly or Tarzali silkwood | Cryptocarya oblata | |
| 297 | Sugi | Cryptomeria japonica | |
| 046 | Monterey cypress | Cupressus macrocarpa | |
| 199 | Okan | Cylicodiscus gabunensis | |
| 047 | Madagascar rosewood | Dalbergia baronii | 7/16″ thick, bland |
| 048 | Siamese rosewood | Dalbergia cochinchinensis | 7/16″ thick |
| 049 | Siamese rosewood | Dalbergia cochinchinensis | |
| 240 | Guatemalan rosewood | Dalbergia cubilquitzensis | 5 7/8″ long |
| 241 | Guatemalan rosewood | Dalbergia cubilquitzensis | 5 7/8″ long, glued-up (2 stacked facegrain pieces) |
| 238 | Burmese blackwood | Dalbergia cultrata | bland |
| 202 | East Indian rosewood | Dalbergia latifolia | glued up (2 piece, well matched), 5 3/4″ long |
| 310 | African Blackwood | Dalbergia melanoxylon | 4″ x 4″ x 2″ |
| 185 | Brazilian rosewood | Dalbergia nigra | glued up (2 stacked facegrain pieces) |
| 051 | Burmese rosewood | Dalbergia oliveri | bland |
| 252 | Cocobolo | Dalbergia retusa | |
| 052 | Sissoo | Dalbergia sissoo | mostly sapwood |
| 053 | Sissoo | Dalbergia sissoo | knot |
| 249 | Sissoo | Dalbergia sissoo | |
| 054 | Honduran rosewood | Dalbergia stevensonii | some sapwood |
| 055 | Honduran rosewood | Dalbergia stevensonii | |
| 282 | Boire | Detarium senegalense | small patches of discoloration in heartwood |
| 057 | Angelique | Dicorynia guianensis | |
| 200 | Angelim vermelho | Dinizia excelsa | |
| 059 | Mun ebony | Diospyros mun | |
| 058 | Malaysian blackwood | Diospyros sp. | |
| 161 | Persimmon | Diospyros virginiana | discoloration, 2 3/4″ wide |
| 201 | Tiama | Entandrophragma angolense | |
| 248 | Sapele | Entandrophragma cylindricum | 3/8″ thick |
| 270 | Cooktown ironwood | Erythrophleum chlorostachys | glued up (2-piece), 5 9/16″ long, 1/4″ thick |
| 223 | Jicarillo | Eschweilera sp. | |
| 063 | Coast gray box | Eucalyptus bosistoana | |
| 066 | Blue gum | Eucalyptus globulus | |
| 067 | Messmate | Eucalyptus obliqua | |
| 068 | Blackbutt | Eucalyptus pilularis | defects |
| 306 | Mountain ash burl | Eucalyptus regnans | solid burl; 4″ x 4″ x 1/2″ |
| 069 | Swamp mahogany | Eucalyptus robusta | figured grain |
| 070 | Grey ironbark | Eucalyptus sp. | minor defects |
| 071 | Grey ironbark | Eucalyptus sp. | major defects |
| 072 | Grey ironbark | Eucalyptus sp. | |
| 301 | Brown mallee burl | Eucalyptus sp. | solid burl; wane on all corners on one side |
| 229 | White ash | Fraxinus americana | minor defects |
| 311 | Rengas | Gluta sp. | 4″ x 4″ x 2″ |
| 075 | Southern silky oak | Grevillea robusta | quartersawn, defects |
| 076 | Lignum vitae | Guaiacum officinale | defects |
| 226 | African rosewood | Guibourtia coleosperma | |
| 227 | African rosewood | Guibourtia coleosperma | glued up (two facegrain layers), slightly undersize |
| 275 | Tiete rosewood | Guibourtia hymenaeifolia | |
| 179 | Bubinga | Guibourtia sp. | |
| 255 | Kevazinga | Guibourtia tessmannii | |
| 077 | Coffeetree | Gymnocladus dioicus | .35″ thick |
| 078 | Blue mahoe | Hibiscus elatus (syn. Talipariti) | ~5/16″ thick |
| 192 | Milk Pear | Inhambanella henriquesii | |
| 181 | Merbau | Intsia bijuga | |
| 172 | Jacaranda | Jacaranda mimosifolia | bug hole/stain |
| 080 | Butternut | Juglans cinerea | defects one side |
| 316 | Claro walnut | Juglans hindsii | marbled/burl; 4″ x 3.75″ x 2.6″ thick |
| 231 | Black wanut | Juglans nigra | feather crotch grain, glued up (two facegrain pieces) |
| 081 | Bastogne walnut | Juglans x paradox | 50/50 sapwood/heartwood |
| 245 | Bastogne walnut | Juglans x paradox | |
| 246 | Bastogne walnut | Juglans x paradox | 3/8″ thick |
| 285 | Ashe’s juniper | Juniperus ashei | 7/16″ thick, 1.5″ to 2″ wide (bark edge) |
| 256 | Western juniper | Juniperus occidentalis | 2 9/16″ wide, 7/16″ thick |
| 305 | Eastern red cedar | Juniperus virginiana | 5 3/8″ long, 3/4″ thick |
| 299 | Dry zone mahogany | Khaya senegalensis | |
| 298 | African mahogany | Khaya sp. | |
| 265 | Tick bush | Kunzea ambigua | wane edge, tapers to 2 5/8″ wide |
| 266 | Tick bush | Kunzea ambigua | wane edges, ~2.5″ wide, 1/4″ thick |
| 267 | Tick bush | Kunzea ambigua | defects/knots |
| 291 | Sapucaia | Lecythis sp. | 5.75″, 7/16″ thick; glued up (two piece) |
| 292 | Sapucaia | Lecythis sp. | 5″ long |
| 312 | Brown ebony | Libidibia paraguariensis (=Caesalpinia) | 4″ x 4″ x 2″ |
| 268 | Bridalveil tree | Libidibia punctata (=Caesalpinia) | glued up (2-piece), 2 5/8″ wide, 4 7/8″ long |
| 254 | Rainbow poplar | Liriodendron tulipifera | 7/16″ thick |
| 232 | Myrtle beech | Lophozonia cunninghamii (=Nothofagus) | defects, one corner under width (~5/16″) |
| 253 | African walnut | Lovoa sp. | |
| 085 | Hububali | Loxopterygium sagotii | |
| 186 | Cucumbertree | Magnolia acuminata | 5 7/8″ long |
| 086 | Southern magnolia | Magnolia grandiflora | |
| 087 | Apple | Malus pumila | glued up (two piece) |
| 187 | Apple | Malus sylvestris | 1/16″ under in width and thickness |
| 088 | Mango | Mangifera indica | |
| 089 | Chico zapote | Manilkara zapota | just over 2.5″ wide, knot |
| 261 | N’zambia | Markhamia lutea | 2 3/4″ wide |
| 303 | Wenge | Millettia laurentii | 5 3/8″ long, 2.5″ wide, 3/4″ thick |
| 304 | Wenge | Millettia laurentii | 5 3/8″ long, 3″ wide, 3/4″ thick |
| 090 | Thinwin | Millettia leucantha (= M. pendula) | |
| 091 | Thinwin | Millettia leucantha (= M. pendula) | 7/16″ thickness |
| 092 | White mulberry | Morus alba | defects |
| 093 | Black mulberry | Morus nigra | defects |
| 193 | Newtonia | Newtonia hildebrandtii | 2 7/8″ wide |
| 228 | Balsa | Ochroma pyramidale | |
| 313 | Imbuya | Ocotea porosa | 4″ x 4″ x 2″ |
| 095 | Olive | Olea europaea | glued up (three piece), ugly |
| 096 | Eastern hophornbeam | Ostrya virginiana | minor defects |
| 097 | Eastern hophornbeam | Ostrya virginiana | |
| 258 | Nepal sandalwood | Osyris wightiana | glued up (two piece), 1/4″- thick |
| 098 | Nyatoh | Palaquium sp. | 2.75″ undersized |
| 177 | Parinari | Parinari excelsa | .4″ thick |
| 243 | Brazilwood | Paubrasilia echinata (= Caesalpinia) | 1/4″ thick |
| 324 | Paulownia (curly grain) | Paulownia sp. | 5 7/8″ long |
| 325 | Paulownia (curly grain) | Paulownia sp. | 5 7/8″ long; one corner dented |
| 099 | Paulownia | Paulownia tomentosa | |
| 244 | Paulownia | Paulownia tomentosa | 1/4″ thick |
| 289 | Bastard stopper | Petitia domingensis | 5.4″ long, glued up (2-piece) |
| 290 | Bastard stopper | Petitia domingensis | 5.4″ long, wane edge |
| 281 | Red tip photinia | Photinia x fraseri | |
| 174 | Sitka spruce | Picea sitchensis | .4″ thick |
| 176 | Caribbean pine | Pinus caribaea | blue stained |
| 100 | Shortleaf pine | Pinus echinata | defects |
| 103 | Sugar pine | Pinus lambertiana | approximately 2.4″ wide |
| 105 | Radiata pine | Pinus radiata | |
| 106 | Eastern white pine | Pinus strobus | approximately 2.4″ wide |
| 178 | Loblolly pine | Pinus taeda | 3/8″ thick, defects |
| 108 | Podocarp | Podocarpus sp. | quartersawn |
| 274 | White poplar | Populus alba | 50/50 sapwood/heartwood |
| 109 | Quaking aspen | Populus tremuloides | approximately 2.4″ wide |
| 295 | Honey mesquite | Prosopis sp. | |
| 314 | Mesquite | Prosopis sp. | 4″ x 4″ x 2″ |
| 288 | Itin | Prospois kuntzei | 3.6″ wide x 3.8″ long x .7″ thick |
| 110 | Plum | Prunus domestica | |
| 247 | Plum | Prunus domestica | slightly undersized |
| 111 | Peach | Prunus persica | defects |
| 112 | Douglas fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii | wavy grain |
| 113 | Douglas fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii | mostly sapwood |
| 114 | Kosso | Pterocarpus erinaceus | |
| 293 | Kosso | Pterocarpus erinaceus | glued-up (two piece) |
| 115 | Narra | Pterocarpus indicus | |
| 116 | Narra | Pterocarpus indicus | 2.75″ wide |
| 276 | Callery pear (‘Bradford’) | Pyrus calleryana | ~7/16″ thick |
| 118 | Pear | Pyrus communis | very light colored (possibly all sapwood) |
| 119 | White oak | Quercus alba | |
| 120 | Bur oak | Quercus macrocarpa | |
| 188 | Chinkapin oak | Quercus muehlenbergii | |
| 121 | Red oak | Quercus rubra | mildly curly |
| 122 | Black oak | Quercus velutina | |
| 123 | Live oak | Quercus virginiana | defects |
| 196 | Common buckthorn | Rhamnus cathartica | minor defects |
| 197 | Common buckthorn | Rhamnus cathartica | bark corner, defects |
| 124 | Cascara buckthorn | Rhamnus purshiana | 2 7/8″ wide, 3/8″ thick |
| 125 | Staghorn sumac | Rhus typhina | glued up (two piece) |
| 171 | Sassafras | Sassafras albidum | .4″ thick |
| 272 | Red quebracho | Schinopsis lorentzii | 7/16″ thick |
| 273 | Red quebracho | Schinopsis lorentzii | 3/8″ thick |
| 159 | Quebracho | Schinopsis sp. | ID from USDA Forest Products Laboratory |
| 160 | Quebracho | Schinopsis sp. | 5 3/4″ long, ID from USDA Forest Products Laboratory |
| 235 | California pepper | Schinus molle | spalted |
| 221 | Red louro | Sextonia rubra (=Ocotea) | |
| 222 | Red louro | Sextonia rubra (=Ocotea) | glued up (2 stacked facegrain layers) |
| 296 | Red louro | Sextonia rubra (=Ocotea) | 2 5/8″ wide, 3/4″ thick |
| 128 | Sepetir | Sindora sp. | bug holes |
| 169 | Sepetir | Sindora sp. | glued up (two piece) |
| 317 | Niove | Staudtia kamerunensis | |
| 130 | Beefwood | Stenocarpus salignus | |
| 220 | Queenwood | Swartzia sp. | |
| 131 | Honduran mahogany | Swietenia macrophylla | |
| 132 | Hybrid mahogany | Swietenia macrophylla x mahogani | quartersawn |
| 133 | Hybrid mahogany | Swietenia macrophylla x mahogani | flatsawn |
| 134 | Cuban mahogany | Swietenia mahagoni | glued up (four piece: facegrain layers) |
| 135 | Cuban mahogany | Swietenia mahagoni | some sapwood |
| 136 | Merpauh | Swintonia sp. | |
| 269 | Turpentine | Syncarpia glomulifera | glued up (2-piece), 3/8″ thick, splintered corner(s) |
| 137 | Lilac | Syringa vulgaris | 2 3/4″ wide, knot |
| 138 | Tamarind (spalted) | Tamarindus indica | very nicely spalted / ink lines |
| 182 | English yew | Taxus baccata | slightly undersized |
| 271 | Japanese yew | Taxus cuspidata | |
| 139 | Teak | Tectona grandis | 2 3/4″ wide |
| 212 | Nargusta | Terminalia amazonia | |
| 318 | Nargusta (burl) | Terminalia amazonia | approx. 4″ x 4″ x 1/2″ |
| 140 | Indian laurel | Terminalia elliptica | |
| 286 | Thuja burl | Tetraclinis articulata | 3.75″ x 4.75″ x .5″ (solid burl) |
| 180 | Western red cedar | Thuja plicata | |
| 263 | Northern white cedar | Thuya occidentalis | |
| 141 | Littleleaf linden | Tilia cordata | |
| 142 | Australian red cedar | Toona ciliata | knot |
| 183 | Eastern hemlock | Tsuga canadensis | slightly under in thickness |
| 184 | Eastern hemlock | Tsuga canadensis | |
| 143 | Western hemlock | Tsuga heterophylla | approximately 2.4″ wide |
| 144 | Winged elm | Ulmus alata | |
| 145 | American elm | Ulmus americana | some sapwood |
| 146 | American elm | Ulmus americana | quartersawn |
| 147 | Cedar elm | Ulmus crassifolia | |
| 215 | Cedar elm | Ulmus crassifolia | 7/16″ thick |
| 148 | Chinese elm | Ulmus parvifolia | |
| 170 | English elm | Ulmus procera | glued up (two piece) |
| 209 | English elm | Ulmus procera | about 1/2 sapwood |
| 150 | Myrtle | Umbellularia californica | defects/streaks |
| 315 | Camelthorn | Vachellia erioloba | 4″ x 4″ x 1.75″ thick |
| 164 | Camelthorn | Vachellia erioloba (=Acacia) | |
| 165 | Camelthorn | Vachellia erioloba (=Acacia) | drying checks |
| 166 | Camelthorn | Vachellia erioloba (=Acacia) | 1/4+” thick, drying checks |
| 152 | Brownheart | Vouacapoua americana | |
| 153 | Tineo | Weinmannia trichosperma | lacking contrasting black streaks |
| 321 | Grass tree | Xanthorrhoea preissii | checks, wane on two corners (trapezoid) |
| 300 | Sand Ash | Xylia torreana |
Current as of February 3, 2020
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A few brief notes about the sample list above.
- Unless otherwise noted in the “Notes” column, all samples should be very close to 6″ x 3″ x 1/2″ and in reasonably good condition, as well as fully air-dried to at least 12% moisture content.
- Wood species identification is carefully checked, but not absolutely guaranteed. I try to deal with only reputable wood retailers and collectors. However, with that being said, I have received a number of misidentified woods (thankfully a very small percentage) over the years—sometimes from even the best of sources. I’ve made every effort to screen out what I believe are misidentified or questionable wood samples, but be aware that mistakes do happen.
Let’s trade . . .