Lumber Weight

Wood species index

All 46 species on this site (28 softwoods, 18 hardwoods), alphabetically, with the numbers that drive every weight on the site: specific gravity, density at 12% moisture content, and Janka side hardness. Click a column header to re-sort.

Wood species: density and hardness
SpeciesTypeSG (green)lb/ft³ at 12%Janka lbfSold as
Alaska Yellow Cedar softwood 0.42 31.5 580 boards, framing
American Beech hardwood 0.56 43.0 1,300 boards
American Elm hardwood 0.46 34.7 830 boards
Baldcypress softwood 0.42 31.5 510 framing, boards, timbers
Balsam Fir softwood 0.33 24.4 380 framing
Basswood hardwood 0.32 23.6 410 boards
Black Cherry hardwood 0.47 35.5 950 boards
Black Locust hardwood 0.66 51.6 1,700 boards, timbers
Black Walnut hardwood 0.51 38.8 1,010 boards
Douglas Fir softwood 0.45 33.9 710 framing, timbers, boards
Eastern Cottonwood hardwood 0.37 27.5 430 boards
Eastern Hemlock softwood 0.38 28.3 500 framing
Eastern White Pine softwood 0.34 25.1 380 boards, framing
Engelmann Spruce softwood 0.33 24.4 390 framing
Grand Fir softwood 0.35 25.9 490 framing
Hem-Fir (Western Hemlock) softwood 0.42 31.5 540 framing, boards
Incense Cedar softwood 0.35 25.9 470 boards
Interior Douglas Fir softwood 0.46 34.7 660 framing, timbers
Lodgepole Pine softwood 0.38 28.3 480 framing
Longleaf Pine softwood 0.54 41.3 870 framing, timbers
Northern White Cedar softwood 0.29 21.3 320 boards
Ponderosa Pine softwood 0.38 28.3 460 framing, boards
Quaking Aspen hardwood 0.35 25.9 350 boards, framing
Red Alder hardwood 0.37 27.5 590 boards
Red Maple hardwood 0.49 37.2 950 boards
Red Oak hardwood 0.56 43.0 1,290 boards, framing
Red Pine softwood 0.41 30.7 560 framing
Red Spruce softwood 0.37 27.5 530 framing
Redwood softwood 0.38 28.3 480 framing, boards, timbers
Shagbark Hickory hardwood 0.64 49.8 1,880 boards
Shortleaf Pine softwood 0.47 35.5 690 framing
Sitka Spruce softwood 0.37 27.5 510 framing, boards
Southern Yellow Pine (Loblolly) softwood 0.47 35.5 690 framing, timbers
SPF (White Spruce) softwood 0.33 24.4 410 framing
Sugar Maple hardwood 0.56 43.0 1,450 boards
Sugar Pine softwood 0.34 25.1 380 boards
Sweetgum hardwood 0.46 34.7 850 boards
Tamarack softwood 0.49 37.2 590 framing
Western Larch softwood 0.48 36.3 830 framing, timbers
Western Red Cedar softwood 0.31 22.8 350 framing, boards, timbers
Western White Pine softwood 0.35 25.9 420 boards, framing
White Ash hardwood 0.55 42.1 1,320 boards
White Fir softwood 0.37 27.5 480 framing
White Oak hardwood 0.6 46.4 1,360 boards, framing, timbers
Yellow Birch hardwood 0.55 42.1 1,260 boards
Yellow Poplar hardwood 0.4 29.9 540 boards, framing