Specific Gravity Of Wood

Specific Gravity of Certain Species of Wood

Note: Values are approximate and may vary for some species from different forest regions and different locations, varying with conditions of growth, climate and maturity.

SPECIES	Specific Gravity	SPECIES	Specific Gravity
Mahogany, rose	0.68	Box, kanuka	0.76
Mesquite	0.80	Brownbarrell	0.68
Maobi	0.80	Butternut	0.42
Mahogany, southern	0.82	Candlebark	0.66
Mahogany, white Aust	0.90	Carabeen, yellow	0.56
Malas	0.70	Cedar, red, eastern	0.50
Maple, Bigleaf	0.48	Cedar, South American	0.48
Maple, Black	0.60	Cherry	0.54
Maranti	0.66	Chestnut, American	0.44	SPECIES	Specific Gravity
Hemlock, Easter	0.42	Coachwood	0.56	Abura	0.54
Hemlock, western	0.48	Cypress, bald	0.45	Afromosia	0.69
Hickory, pecan	0.66	Dougwood	0.48	Apple	0.72
Holly	0.78	Douglas Fir	0.50	Alder, brown	0.54
Iroko	0.60	Elm, red	0.54	Amberoi	0.34
Ironbark, red	1.00	Ebony	0.98	Ash, alpine	0.60
Ironbark, red broad-leaved	1.00	Fir, Japan	0.40	Ash, American, white	0.60
Ironbark, red, narrow-leaved	0.98	Fir, amabilis	0.40	Ash, Aust.	0.84
Jarrah	0.76	Fir, red	0.40	Ash, European	0.68
Ivorywood	0.78	Fir, novel, USA	0.40	Ash, mountain	0.64
Kamarere, PNG source	0.62	Greenhart	1.00	Ash, silvertop	0.72
Kamarere, Fiji source	0.64	Gum, blue, southern	0.80	Aspen, Canadian	0.44
Kapur	0.68	Gum, blue, Tasmanian	0.76	Balsa	0.16
Karri	0.80	Gum, grey	0.96	Baltic, red	0.46
Kauri, Aust	0.46	Gum, grey, mountain	0.80	Baltic, white	0.40
Kauri, NZ	0.50	Gum, Maiden‘s	0.88	Basswood, American	0.40
Kauri, East India	0.50	Gum, mountain	0.66	Bean, Black, Aust.	0.70
Maple, Canadian	0.66	Gum, American, red	0.92	Beech, American	0.66
Maple, Aust	0.54	Gum, red, river	0.80	Beech, Japan	0.62
Maple, rose	0.64	Gum, rose	0.60	Beech, myrtle	0.62
Maple, sugar	0.66	Gum, shining	0.66	Beech, Wau	0.48
Mararie	0.76	Gum, spotted	0.85	Beech, white	0.50
Marri	0.76	Gum, yellow	0.90	Birch, European	0.64
Matai	0.54	Kempas	0.76	Birch, white	0.60
Meranti, yellow	0.56	Kapur	0.66	Birch, yellow	0.62
Messmate	0.70	Larch	0.54	Blackbutt, western	0.80
Oak, American white	0.70	Lime	0.54	Blackbutt, NE	0.84
Oak, European	0.70	Lodgepole Pine	0.42	Blackwood, Aust.	0.88
Oak, New Guinea	0.60	Locust Black	0.70	Bloodwood, red	0.84
Oak, red, northern	0.63	Magnolia	0.50	Bonewood	0.78
Oak, willow	0.70	Mahogany, American	0.60	Box, brush	0.80
Oak, red, southern	0.56	Mahogany, African	0.56	Box, grey	1.00
		Mahogany, red, Aust	0.84	Box, grey, coast	0.98

SPECIES	Specific Gravity	SPECIES	Specific Gravity
Sepetir	0.60	Oak, tulip, blush	0.82
Sheoak, river	0.70	Oak, tulip, brown	0.78
Sheoak, rose	0.82	Oak, tulip, red	0.72
Sugi	0.40	Oak, Japan	0.66
Sterculia	0.80	Obeche	0.38
Silkwood, bolly	0.54	Pecan, hickory	0.66
Spruce, sitka	0.44	Peppermint, broad-leaved	0.74
Spruce, western white	0.45	Peppermint, narrow-leaved	0.72
Stringybark, brown	0.80	Purpleheart	0.70
Stringybark, darwin	0.90	Pine, jack	0.44
Stringybark, yellow	0.84	Pine, bunya	0.42
Sycamore, American	0.60	Pine, cypress, white	0.60
Sycamore, satin	0.56	Pine, hoop	0.50
Sycamore, silver	0.56	Pine, pitch, American	0.54
Tallowwood	0.88	Pine, klinki	0.40
Tawa	0.64	Pine, longleaf	0.58
Teak	0.58	Pine, lodgerpole	0.42
Tea Tree	0.68	Pine, maritime	0.58
Totara	0.44	Pine, white, NZ	0.44
Touriga, red	0.66	Pine, parana	0.50
Tuart	0.92	Pine, ponderosa	0.46
Vitex, New Guinea	0.64	Pine, radiata	0.48
Walnut, blush	0.70	Pine, scots/shortleaf	0.52
Walnut, European	0.64	Pine, slash	0.50
Walnut, New Guinea	0.56	Pine, sugar	0.40
Walnut, S. America	0.64	Pine, white, western	0.40
Walnut, America	0.64	Poplar, yellow	0.42
Wollybutt	0.96	Quandong, silver	0.46
Willow, black	0.40	Ramin	0.60
Yellow, poplar	0.42	Redwood, U.S.A	0.42
Yew	0.66	Redwood, European	0.44
Yellow, Cedar	0.50	Rose Wood	0.60
Zaberano	0.70	Sapele	0.60
Zebrawood	0.72	Sassfras	0.60
		Satinash, grey	0.66
		Satinash, New Guinea	0.68
		Satinash, rose	0.66
		Satinay	0.76
		Scots Pine	0.50