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[[File:Fraxinus americana 15-p.bot-fraxi.amer-096.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Native [[Fraxinus|ash]] species, including [[Fraxinus americana|white ash]] (''pictured''), have been declining rapidly this century due to predation by the [[emerald ash borer]].{{sfn|Hupp|2024}}|alt=tree]]
 
''Silvics of North America'' (1991),{{sfn|Burns|Honkala|1990}}{{sfn|Burns|Honkala|1991}} a [[forest inventory]] compiled and published by the [[United States Forest Service]], includes many [[Flowering plant|hardwood trees]].{{efn-la|The [[taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] (classification) on this page comes from ''[[Plants of the World Online]]'' (POWO) and the US Department of Agriculture's [[Natural Resources Conservation Service#Plants|Plants Database]] except as noted, and omits [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrids]] and [[Variety (botany)|varieties]].{{sfn|POWO}}{{sfn|National Plant Data Team|2024|loc=[https://plants.usda.gov/home/help Help page]}} The 1991 inventory has limited coverage outside Canada and the US, and is not used outside thesethe areasUS in this list.{{sfn|Burns|Honkala|1991|pp=i–vi}} }} It superseded ''Silvics of Forest Trees of the United States'' (1965), which was the first extensive American tree inventory.{{sfn|Burns|Honkala|1991|pp=i–vi}} A variety of statistics on all of these trees are maintained by the National Plant Data Team of the [[United States Department of Agriculture|US Department of Agriculture]].{{sfn|National Plant Data Team|2024|loc=[https://plants.usda.gov/home/help Help page]}}
 
[[Hardwood]] from North American trees has a variety of commercial uses, including in furniture, [[carpentry]], tools and musical instruments. Some timber is [[Sawmill|milled]] for [[plywood]], [[wood veneer]] and [[Framing (construction)|construction framing]], including structural support beams and [[Wall stud|studs]]. Logs can be fashioned into [[Post (structural)|posts]] and poles. Less sturdy timber is often ground and processed into [[pulpwood]], principally for [[papermaking]]. [[Resin]]s from sap yield [[wood tar]], [[turpentine]] or other [[terpene]]s. Some resins and other tree products contain dangerous toxins (not generally listed below). Much of the economic value of trees comes from [[orchard]]s and [[ornamental plant|ornamental]] uses.{{sfn|National Plant Data Team|2024|loc=[https://plants.usda.gov/assets/docs/PLANTS_Help_Document.pdf#page=35 Help Document] }}
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!scope="row" |''[[Populus tremuloides]]'' (quaking aspen){{sfn|National Plant Data Team|2024|loc=[https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=Potr5 ''Populus tremuloides'']}}
|Native to every region of the US and every province of Canada. An important source of pulp and [[engineered wood]] products. Often used in landscaping, but the aggressive roots can damage nearby structures.
Uses: timber; landscaping, pulpwood, veneers.{{sfn|Perala|1990|pp=555–569}}
|NC KY, the eastern Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic and New England
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