Cradle-to-Grave Life-Cycle Assessment of Wooden Pallet Production in the United States
27
Common wood species used in wooden pallet manufacturing
a
—con.
Class number Class name Species
North American softwoods—con.
14 Low-density softwoods Cedar (Alaska, Atlantic white, eastern
red, incense, northern white, Port
Orford)
22 SYP Southern yellow pine (loblolly,
longleaf, shortleaf, slash)
European species
31 Imported hardwoods Kapur
Keruing
Menqkulanq
32 Dense European hardwoods Ash
Beech
Oak
Plane
33 Dense European softwoods Douglas-fir
Larch (European, Japanese)
Pine (jack, maritime, Scots)
34 Medium dense woods
Dutch elm
Hyrbrid larch
Pine (Corsican, lodgepole)
Poplar (black Italian, grey)
Redwood
Silver fir
35 Whitewood
English elm
Sitka spruce (Canada)
Whitewood
36 Common European softwoods
Radiata pine
Spruce (black, Norway, white,
Sitka)
White willow
37
Hybrid poplar
South American and other species
41
Radiata pine (Chile)
42
Gmelina arborea (Costa Rica)
43
Pinus caribaea (Venezuela)
44
Pinus elliottii
45
Pinus taeda
46
Eucalyptus grandis (Uruguay)
a
MHI (2019).
