Sapsucker wood
The wood of the sapsucker tree in known for a few things. Smelling incredibly sweet and floral, almost unpleasantly so. Growing unbearably slow. Being a deathtrap if you get stuck to it without a way to call for help. And being an excellent conduit for magic casting.
While most magicians can cast their most used spell without a focus, casting conduits like a wand or other aid are incredibly useful both for safe teaching and more complicated castings. But some things hold up to casting better then others. An electrician would not make wire with aluminum over copper and a wand maker would not use pine over sapsucker.
Though it is time intensive to maintain sapsucker wood is one of the most accessible highly magic conductive materials available. Compared to rowan and oak it is more conductive and far more durable after curing. The sap that it's parent tree is named for cures especially hard with little loss in flexibility making it a cheaper and more child resistant wand when compared to other woods as well as the only widely viable metal material, silver.
The strong scent is known to attract bugs but after curing at a high heat the wood hardens and with proper care it is almost impossible for pest induced damage to occur. Sapsucker trees are capable of consuming animals that get stuck in their sap via absorbing it through their many soft tendrils. This has led to they having dense wood in the other parts of their anatomy to prevent pests that are attracted to their sap but somehow escapes its sticky grip from damaging them. Sometimes you can even find a preserved bug in the hardened sap of your wand like you would find in amber.
Love the visual of someone possibly using a want with a bug stuck in the hardened sap of it! Really interesting material. I also found it a funny image that even after cured it may still attract bugs. Does the smell not dissipate after the curing process? Maybe it is me, but that part was not quite clear to me. Really liked the article!