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ALDER - Powerful, symbolizes control
over the elements - earth, air, fire, water.
APPLE - Fruit bearing trees promote fertility, happiness,
and abundance.
ASH - The father of trees. A powerful guardian,
absorbs sickness, ensures potency, healing, protection, power over the
sea.
BAMBOO - Used for Elemental wands. Fertility.
BIRCH - Symbolizes renewal and cleansing, birth, healing,
Lunar energies, and protection.
CEDAR - Purification, removing hexes, healing.
HAWTHORN - A generally unlucky tree, the name of the
tree means "harm" in its native tongue. In many cultures, the month
of the Hawthorn (May) is a month of bad luck for marriages. Purification,
enforced chastity, male potency, cleansing.
HAZEL - Inspires creativity in the user, conveys wisdom,
intelligence, and righteousness. Also used for divining.
HOLLY - is used in aphrodisia, for consecration, material
gain, promoting beauty, and literally means "holy".
IVY / VINE - Joy, Exhilaration, Love, Intoxication.
OAK - A wood of masculine and projective energy. It
symbolizes endurance, triumph, strength, power, prosperity, and heroism.
PEACH - Fruit bearing trees promote fertility, happiness,
and abundance. The Peach is a symbol of marriage.
PINE - Life and immortality, strength, rejuvination,
calming and soothing, both female and male in energy.
POPLAR - Hope, rebirth, divination.
ROWAN - The tree of life. Protection against magic,
healing, divination.
SPRUCE - Protection against enemies.
WILLOW - Ruled by the moon, powerfully feminine in energy.
Healing, inspiration, fertility. A willow wand is a perfect wishing
stick to help make dreams come true.
YEW - Has a dark reputation due to literature and its
traditional use in weapons of death. Innappropriate for magical use.
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