Janka hardness measurements reflect the number of pounds pressure it takes to press a .444" diameter steel ball, to it's maximum diameter, into a vertical sawn section of wood.
| Wood Variety |
sorted by
Hardness |
| Macassar Ebony |
3220 |
| Screwbean Mesquite |
2335 |
| Persimmon |
2300 |
| Dogwood |
2150 |
| Ohia |
2090 |
| Osage-Orange |
2040 |
| Hop Hornbeam |
1860 |
| Pecan |
1820 |
| Shagbark Hickory |
1820 |
| Hornbeam |
1780 |
| Apple |
1730 |
| Almond |
1700 |
| Black Locust |
1700 |
| Honey Locust |
1580 |
| Witch Hazel |
1530 |
| Orientalwood |
1480 |
| Bastogne Walnut |
1460 |
| Madrone |
1460 |
| Rosewood |
1450 |
| Sugar Maple |
1450 |
| Cuban Mahogany |
1430 |
| Tanoak |
1400 |
| African Mahogany |
1350 |
| White Ash |
1320 |
| Beech |
1300 |
| Myrtlewood |
1270 |
| Yellow Birch |
1260 |
| English Walnut |
1200 |
| Green Ash |
1200 |
| Pacific Yew |
1150 |
| Koa |
1110 |
| Cascara |
1040 |
| Southern Magnolia |
1020 |
| American Black Walnut |
1010 |
| Mango |
980 |
| Claro Walnut |
950 |
| Black Cherry |
950 |
| Imbuya |
950 |
| Sourwood |
940 |
| Eastern Red Cedar |
900 |
| Hackberry |
880 |
| Longleaf Pine |
875 |
| Rock Elm |
860 |
| Slippery Elm |
860 |
| Bigleaf Maple |
850 |
| Black Ash |
850 |
| Tropical American Mahogany |
845 |
| American Elm |
830 |
| Western Larch |
830 |
| Red Lauan |
825 |
| Sycamore |
770 |
| Port Orford Cedar |
720 |
| Silver Maple |
700 |
| White Lauan |
690 |
| Douglas Fir |
685 |
| Sassafras |
630 |
| Tamarack |
590 |
| Northern Catalpa |
550 |
| American Chestnut |
540 |
| Yellow Poplar |
540 |
| Sitka Spruce |
510 |
| Bald Cypress |
510 |
| Butternut |
490 |
| Redwood |
480 |
| Black Willow |
420 |
| Basswood |
410 |
| Yellow Buckeye |
350 |
| Western Redcedar |
360 |
| Aspen |
350 |
|
sorted by
Wood Variety |
Hardness |
| African Mahogany |
1350 |
| Almond |
1700 |
| American Black Walnut |
1010 |
| American Chestnut |
540 |
| American Elm |
830 |
| Apple |
1730 |
| Aspen |
350 |
| Bald Cypress |
510 |
| Basswood |
410 |
| Bastogne Walnut |
1460 |
| Beech |
1300 |
| Bigleaf Maple |
850 |
| Black Ash |
850 |
| Black Cherry |
950 |
| Black Locust |
1700 |
| Black Willow |
420 |
| Butternut |
490 |
| Cascara |
1040 |
| Claro Walnut |
950 |
| Cuban Mahogany |
1430 |
| Dogwood |
2150 |
| Douglas Fir |
685 |
| Eastern Red Cedar |
900 |
| English Walnut |
1200 |
| Green Ash |
1200 |
| Hackberry |
880 |
| Honey Locust |
1580 |
| Hop Hornbeam |
1860 |
| Hornbeam |
1780 |
| Imbuya |
950 |
| Koa |
1110 |
| Longleaf Pine |
875 |
| Macassar Ebony |
3220 |
| Madrone |
1460 |
| Mango |
980 |
| Myrtlewood |
1270 |
| Northern Catalpa |
550 |
| Ohia |
2090 |
| Orientalwood |
1480 |
| Osage-Orange |
2040 |
| Pacific Yew |
1150 |
| Pecan |
1820 |
| Persimmon |
2300 |
| Port Orford Cedar |
720 |
| Red Lauan |
825 |
| Redwood |
480 |
| Rock Elm |
860 |
| Rosewood |
1450 |
| Sassafras |
630 |
| Screwbean Mesquite |
2335 |
| Shagbark Hickory |
1820 |
| Silver Maple |
700 |
| Sitka Spruce |
510 |
| Slippery Elm |
860 |
| Sourwood |
940 |
| Southern Magnolia |
1020 |
| Sugar Maple |
1450 |
| Sycamore |
770 |
| Tamarack |
590 |
| Tanoak |
1400 |
| Tropical American Mahogany |
845 |
| Western Larch |
830 |
| Western Redcedar |
360 |
| White Ash |
1320 |
| White Lauan |
690 |
| Witch Hazel |
1530 |
| Yellow Birch |
1260 |
| Yellow Buckeye |
350 |
| Yellow Poplar |
540 |
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