Redwood generally refers to one of several species of tree with red or reddish colored wood: · Family Cupressaceae (conifers) · Sequoia sempervirens - Coast Redwood · Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant Sequoia or Sierra Redwood · Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood · Cryptomeria japonica - Sugi · Family Pinaceae (conifers) · The wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) is sometimes called 'redwood' in the timber trade. · Family Fabaceae (broadleaf) · Caesalpinia sappan - East Indian Redwood, or Sapanwood tree (first called "brezel wood" in Europe) · Caesalpinia echinata - South American Redwood, or Brazilwood tree · Family Sterculiaceae (broadleaf) · Trochetiopsis erythroxylon