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
Afrormosia 0.71
Agba 0.51
Apple 0.65 - 0.85 41 - 52
Ash, white 0.65 - 0.85 40 - 53
Ash, black 0.54 33
Ash, European 0.71
Aspen 0.42 26
Balsa 0.16 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
Birch, European 0.67
Box 0.95 - 1.2 59 - 72
Butternut 0.38 24
Cedar of Lebanon 0.58
Cedar, western red 0.38 23
Cherry, European 0.63 43- 56
Chestnut, sweet 0.56 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, Dutch 0.56
Elm, Wych 0.69
Elm, Rock 0.82 50
Gaboon 0.43
Greenheart 1.04
Gum, Black 0.59 36
Gum, Blue 0.82 50
Gum, Red 0.54 35
Hackberry 0.62 38
Hemlock, western 0.50
Hickory 0.83 37 - 58
Holly 0.75 47
Iroko 0.66
Juniper 0.55 35
Keruing 0.74
Larch 0.5 - 0.55 31 - 35
Lignum Vitae 1.17 - 1.33 73 - 83
Lime, European 0.56
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
Meranti, dark red 0.71
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
Obeche 0.39
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 0.67 52 - 53
Pine, Corsican 0.51
Pine, radiata 0.48
Pine, Scots 0.51
Pine, white 0.35 - 0.5 22 - 31
Pine, yellow 0.42 23 - 37
Plane, European 0.64
Plum 0.65 - 0.8 41 - 49
Poplar 0.35 - 0.5 22 - 31
Ramin 0.67
Redwood, American 0.45 28
Redwood, European 0.51 32
Rosewood, Bolivian 0.82 50
Rosewood, East Indian 0.90 55
Sapele 0.64
Satinwood 0.95 59
Spruce 0.4 - 0.7 25 - 44
Spruce, Canadian 0.45 28
Spruce, Norway 0.43
Spruce, Sitka 0.45 28
Spruce, western white 0.45
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
Utile 0.66
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
Whitewood, European 0.47
Willow 0.4 - 0.6 24 - 37
Yew 0.67
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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