Well there's maple, mohogany, birch, poplar, beech, and cherry wood drums. I don't know much as I have either maple or cherry wood. Maple tends to have a wide margin of sounds. It's what most pro's go after. Cherry wood is very close to maple to my ears. Mohogany tends to sound deeper/darker. Birch and poplar tends to have a higher/louder sound with more crack from what I've played. They are also a cheaper wood to make drums from. No idea about beech wood, I've never played them. Head choices and tuning can make any wood sound different. I only know the sounds that maple and cherry make. I've never owned other woods, only played them for a short time. I do know that the number of plys and thickness, depth, plus sound rings also make a difference. Some companies also make drums with different woods between the plys which adds to the end resulting sound. That's all I know about drum woods. Sorry, maybe a drum builder will chime in with more knowledge on the subject. 

Drum tuning bible to the rescue (again):
http://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/id14.html