Physical Properties of Common Woods

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1 Physical Properties of Common Woods Values of density marked * are for air dry samples. The following table presents values for the properties of common woods. This table is in the public domain and may be copied without limit. The user is encouraged to download it for private use and public distribution in any form including that of making it available on other Web servers. Common name Botanical name Density, g/cc Density, lbs/cu.ft. Modulus of rupture, air dry Modulus of elasticity, air dry, kg/sq.mm. kg/sq.mm. Alder Applewood or wild apple Pyrus malus Ash, black Fraxinus nigra Ash, blue quadrangulata Ash, green Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata Ash, white Fraxinus americana Aspen Populus tremuloides Aspen, large tooth PopuIus grandidentata Balsa Ochroma *

2 (Tropical America) Basswood Beech Tilia glabra or Tilia americanus Fagus grandifolia or Fagus americana Beech, blue Carpinus caroliniana Birch, gray Betula populifolia Birch, paper Betula papyrifera Birch, sweet Betula lenta Birch, yellow Betula lutea Boxwood/Buis Buxus sempervirens Buckeye, yellow Aesculus octandra Butternut Juglans cinerea Cedar, eastern red Cedar, northern white Juniperus virginiana Thuja occidentalis Cedar, southern white Chamaecyparis thvoides Cedar, (Tropical American) Cedrela odorata * Cedar, western red Thuja plicata Cherry, black Prunus serotina Cherry, wild red Prunus pennsylvanica Chestnut Castanea dentata

3 Cocobolo Dalbergia retusa Coralwood Guilbourtia spp Corkwood Leitneria floridana Cottonwood, eastern Cypress, southern Dogwood (flowering) Douglas fir (coast type) Douglas fir (mountain type) Ebony, Andaman marble-wood (India) Ebony, Ebène marbre (Maritius, E. Africa) Elm, American Populus deltoides Taxodium distichum Cornus florida Pseudotsuga taxifolia Pseudotsuga taxifolia Diospyros kursii * Diospyros melanida * Ulmus americana Elm, rock Elm, slippery Eucalyptus, Karri (W. Australia) Eucalyptus, Mahogany (New South Wales) Ulmus racemosa or Ulmus thomasi Ulmus fulva or pubescens Eucalyptus diversicolor Eucalyptus hemilampra * *

4 Eucalyptus, West Australian mahogany Eucalyptus marginata * Fir, balsam Abies balsamea Fir, Douglas (See Douglas Fir). Fir, silver Abies amabilis Concalco Alves Greenheart (British Guiana) Nectandra rodioei * Grenadilla (Mpingo) Dalbergia melanoxylon Gum, black Nyssa sylvatica Gum, blue Eucalyptus globulus Gum, red Liquidambar styraciflua Gum, tupelo Nyssa aquatica Hemlock eastern Hemlock, mountain Hemlock, western Hickory, bigleaf shagbark Hickory, mockernut Tsuga canadensis Tsuga martensiana Tsuga heterophylla Hicoria laciniosa Hicoria alba Hickory, Hicoria glabra

5 pignut Hickory, shagbark Hicoria ovata Hornbeam Ostrya virginiana Ironwood, black Rhamnidium ferreum Jacarandá, Brazilian rosewood Dalbergia nigra * Larch, western Larix occidentalis Lignum Vitae Guaiacum officinale and Guaiacum sanctum Locust, black or yellow Robinia pseudacacia Locust honey Gleditsia triacanthos Magnolia, cucumber Mahogany (W. Africa) Magnolia acuminata Khaya ivorensis * < Mahogany (E. India) Swietenia macrophylla * Mahogany (E. India) Swietenia mahogani * Maple, black Acer nigrum > Maple, red Acer rubrum Maple, silver Acer saccharinum Maple, sugar Acer saccharum Mpingo (Grenadilla) Dalbergia melanoxylon Oak, black Quercus velutina

6 Oak, bur Quercus macrocarpa Oak, canyon live Quercus chrysolepis Oak, laurel Quercus montana Oak, live Quercus virginiana Oak, pin Quercus pallustris Oak, post Quercus stellata or Quercus minor Oak, red Quercus borealis Oak, scarlet coccinea Oak, swamp chestnut Oak swamp white Quercus montana (Quercus prinus) Quercus bicolor or Quercus platanoides Oak, white Quercus alba Persimmon Diospyros virginiana Pine, eastern white Pinus strobus Pine, jack Pinus banksiana or Pinus divericata Pine, loblolly Pinus taeda Pine, longleaf Pinus palustris Pine, pitch Pinus rigida Pine, red Pinus resinosa Pine, shortleaf Pinus echinata Poplar, balsam Populus balsamifera or Populus candicans Poplar, yellow Liriodendron tulipifera Redwood Sequoia sempervirens

7 Rosewood, Bolivian Rosewood, E. Indian Sassafras Sassafras uariafolium Satinwood (Ceylon) Sourwood Chloroxylon swietenia Oxydendrum arboreum * Spruce, black Picea mariana Spruce, red Picea rubra or Picea rubens Spruce, white Picea glauca Sycamore Platanus occidentalis Tamarack Larix laricina or Larix americana Teak (India) Tectona grandis * Walnut, black Juglans nigra Willow, black Salix nigra