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Wood Densities

Density of wood as apple, ash, cedar, elm and more

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The density of seasoned & dry wood are indicated in the table below:

Solid Density
(103 kg/m3) (lb/ft3)
Alder 0.4 - 0.7 26 - 42
Apple 0.65 - 0.85 41 - 52
Ash, white 0.65 - 0.85 40 - 53
Ash, black 0.54 33
Aspen 0.42 26
Balsa 0.11 - 0.14 7 - 9
Bamboo 0.3 - 0.4 19 - 25
Basswood 0.3 - 0.6 20 - 37
Beech 0.7 - 0.9 32 - 56
Birch, British 0.67 42
Box 0.95 - 1.2 59 - 72
Butternut 0.38 24
Cedar, red 0.38 23
Cherry 0.7 - 0.9 43- 56
Chestnut 0.49 30
Cottonwood 0.41 25
Cypress 0.51 32
Dogwood 0.75 47
Douglas Fir 0.53 33
Ebony 1.1 - 1.3 69 - 83
Elm, American 0.57 35
Elm, English 0.55 - 0.6 34 - 37
Elm, Rock 0.82 50
Gum, Black 0.59 36
Gum, Blue 0.82 50
Gum, Red 0.54 35
Hackberry 0.62 38
Hickory 0.6 - 0.9 37 - 58
Holly 0.75 47
Juniper 0.55 35
Larch 0.5 - 0.55 31 - 35
Lignum vitae 1.17 - 1.33 73 - 83
Locust 0.65 - 0.7 42 - 44
Logwood 0.9 57
Madrone 0.74 45
Magnolia 0.57 35
Mahogany, African 0.5 - 0.85 31 - 53
Mahogany, Cuban 0.66 40
Mahogany, Honduras 0.65 41
Mahogany, Spanish 0.85 53
Maple 0.6 - 0.75 39 - 47
Myrtle 0.66 40
Oak 0.6 - 0.9 37 - 56
Oak, American Red 0.74 45
Oak, American White 0.77 47
Oak, English Brown 0.74 45
Oregon Pine 0.53 33
Parana Pine 0.56 35
Pear 0.6 - 0.7 38 - 45
Pecan 0.77 47
Persimmon 0.9 55
Philippine Red Luan 0.59 36
Pine, pitch 0.8 - 0.85 52 - 53
Pine, white 0.35 - 0.5 22 - 31
Pine, yellow 0.35 - 0.6 23 - 37
Plum 0.65 - 0.8 41 - 49
Poplar 0.35 - 0.5 22 - 31
Redwood, American 0.45 28
Redwood, European 0.51 32
Rosewood, Bolivian 0.82 50
Rosewood, East Indian 0.90 55
Satinwood 0.95 59
Spruce 0.4 - 0.7 25 - 44
Spruce, Canadian 0.45 28
Spruce, Sitka 0.45 28
Sycamore 0.4 - 0.6 24 - 37
Tanguile 0.64 39
Teak, Indian 0.65 - 0.9 41 - 55
Teak, African 0.98 61
Teak, Burma 0.74 45
Walnut 0.65 - 0.7 40 - 43
Walnut, Amer Black 0.63 38
Walnut, Claro 0.49 30
Walnut, European 0.57 35
Water gum 1 62
Willow 0.4 - 0.6 24 - 37
Zebrawood 0.79 48
  • 1 kg/m3 = 0.001 g/cm3 = 0.0005780 oz/in3 = 0.16036 oz/gal (Imperial) = 0.1335 oz/gal (U.S.) = 0.0624 lb/ft3 = 0.000036127 lb/in3 = 1.6856 lb/yd3 = 0.010022 lb/gal (Imperial) = 0.008345 lb/gal (U.S) = 0.0007525 ton/yd3

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