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and spruce (collectively spruce-pine-fir), cedar, and hemlock, but also some hardwood, for high-grade flooring. It is more commonly made from softwood than hardwoods, and 80% of lumber comes from softwood.

Terminology

In the United States and Canada, milled boards are called lumber, while timber describes standing or felled trees.

In contrast, in Britain, and some other Commonwealth nations

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