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Wood species database

Janka hardness, modulus of elasticity, specific gravity, and total green-to-oven-dry shrinkage for 24 common species. Data from the USDA Forest Products Lab Wood Handbook (FPL-GTR-190).

COMMON NAMEJANKA (lbf)E (×10⁶ psi)SGSHRINK T / R %
African padauk
Pterocarpus soyauxii
19701.700.695.2 / 3.2
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
13001.720.6411.9 / 5.5
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
9501.490.507.1 / 3.7
Black walnut10101.680.557.8 / 5.5
Burmese teak
Tectona grandis
10701.550.554.0 / 2.5
Claro walnut
Juglans hindsii
11301.650.557.7 / 5.4
Coast redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
4501.220.364.4 / 2.6
Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
6601.950.487.6 / 4.8
East Indian rosewood
Dalbergia latifolia
24401.780.755.8 / 2.7
Eastern white pine3801.240.356.1 / 2.1
European white oak
Quercus robur
11201.690.678.9 / 4.4
Genuine mahogany
Swietenia macrophylla
8001.500.494.1 / 3.0
Hard maple14501.830.639.9 / 4.8
Purpleheart
Peltogyne paniculata
25202.080.766.1 / 3.2
Red oak12901.820.638.6 / 4.0
Sapele
Entandrophragma cylindricum
14101.750.627.4 / 4.6
Shagbark hickory
Carya ovata
18802.160.7210.5 / 7.0
Soft maple (red)
Acer rubrum
9501.640.548.2 / 4.0
Wenge
Millettia laurentii
19302.550.788.1 / 4.8
White ash
Fraxinus americana
13201.740.607.8 / 4.9
White oak13601.780.6810.5 / 5.6
Yellow birch
Betula alleghaniensis
12602.010.629.5 / 7.3
Yellow-poplar5401.580.428.2 / 4.6
Zebrawood
Microberlinia brazzavillensis
18302.240.798.7 / 4.6