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Wood Species Weight by Cubic Foot Calculations

Average Dry Weight Kg Per Cubic Meter of Wood Species

The average dry weight of each species is calculated at 8% moisture content. It is listed in pounds per cubic foot or kilograms per cubic meter. To find the average dry weight per board foot, divide the pounds per cubic foot by 12.

Average Dry Weight (kg/m3) Specie Name
25 lbs/ft3 (400) Buckeye Burl
26 lbs/ft3 (420) Basswood
27 lbs/ft3 (440) Guanacaste (Parota)
28 lbs/ft3 (450) Aspen
28 lbs/ft3 (450) Butternut
29 lbs/ft3 (330) Mappa Burl
30 lbs/ft3 (480) American Chestnut
30 lbs/ft3 (475) Spanish Cedar
31 lbs/ft3 (510) Poplar
32 lbs/ft3 (510) Anigre
33 lbs/ft3 (660) Swamp Ash
33 lbs/ft3 (530) African Mahogany
34 lbs/ft3 (545) Quilted Western Maple
34 lbs/ft3 (545) Western Maple Burl
34 lbs/ft3 (545) Curly Western Maple
34 lbs/ft3 (545) Western Maple
35 lbs/ft3 (555) Tornillo
36 lbs/ft3 (580) Cherry
36 lbs/ft3 (580) Cherry Burl
36 lbs/ft3 (580) Curly Cherry
37 lbs/ft3 (600) Peruvian Walnut
38 lbs/ft3 (610) Walnut
38 lbs/ft3 (610) Figured Walnut
38 lbs/ft3 (610) Koa
39 lbs/ft3 (630) Curly Soft Maple
39 lbs/ft3 (630) Soft Maple
39 lbs/ft3 (630) Ambrosia Maple
39 lbs/ft3 (620) Lacewood
39 lbs/ft3 (620) Figured Makore
39 lbs/ft3 (620) Quilted Sapele
39 lbs/ft3 (620) Sapele
39 lbs/ft3 (620) Makore
40 lbs/ft3 (640) Holly
40 lbs/ft3 (640) Genuine Mahogany
40 lbs/ft3 (640) Masur Birch
40 lbs/ft3 (640) Acacia
41 lbs/ft3 (660) White Ash
41 lbs/ft3 (660) Curly White Ash
41 lbs/ft3 (660) Black Ash
41 lbs/ft3 (660) Amboyna Burl
41 lbs/ft3 (660) Curly Narra
41 lbs/ft3 (660) Narra
41 lbs/ft3 (655) Teak
42 lbs/ft3 (670) Honey Locust
42 lbs/ft3 (672) Black & White Ebony
42 lbs/ft3 (673) Redheart
42 lbs/ft3 (680) Thuya Burl
42 lbs/ft3 (680) Nicaraguan Rosewood
42 lbs/ft3 (675) Figured Mango
43 lbs/ft3 (689) Curly Pyinma
43 lbs/ft3 (690) Afrormosia
44 lbs/ft3 (710) Birch
44 lbs/ft3 (700) Red Oak
44 lbs/ft3 (710) Flame Birch
44 lbs/ft3 (710) Birch Burl
44 lbs/ft3 (700) Curly Oak
44 lbs/ft3 (700) Quarter Sawn Red Oak
44 lbs/ft3 (700) Spalted Oak
44 lbs/ft3 (704) Ebiara
45 lbs/ft3 (720) Birdseye Maple
45 lbs/ft3 (720) Hard Maple
45 lbs/ft3 (720) Curly Hard Maple
45 lbs/ft3 (720) Quarter Sawn Maple
45 lbs/ft3 (720) Bark Pocket Maple
45 lbs/ft3 (720) Hard Maple Burl
45 lbs/ft3 (720) Spalted Maple
45 lbs/ft3 (720) Rift Sawn Hard Maple
45 lbs/ft3 (720) Padauk
45 lbs/ft3 (720) English Brown Oak
46 lbs/ft3 (740) Zebrawood
46 lbs/ft3 (740) Figured Zebrawood
47 lbs/ft3 (770) Mirindiba
48 lbs/ft3 (770) Quarter Sawn White Oak
48 lbs/ft3 (770) White Oak
48 lbs/ft3 (770) Madrone Burl
48 lbs/ft3 (770) Mayan Walnut
50 lbs/ft3 (800) Bocote
50 lbs/ft3 (805) Ziricote
51 lbs/ft3 (820) Hickory
51 lbs/ft3 (820) Red Palm
51 lbs/ft3 (825) Shedua
51 lbs/ft3 (580) Afzelia Burl
51 lbs/ft3 (815) Merbau
52 lbs/ft3 (830) Canarywood
52 lbs/ft3 (835) Jarrah Burl
53 lbs/ft3 (848) Bolivian Rosewood
53 lbs/ft3 (850) E. Indian Rosewood
53 lbs/ft3 (850) Eucalyptus
54 lbs/ft3 (870) Wenge
54 lbs/ft3 (860) Yellowheart
54 lbs/ft3 (855) Osage Orange (USA)
55 lbs/ft3 (880) Figured Bubinga
55 lbs/ft3 (880) Quilted Bubinga
55 lbs/ft3 (880) Bubinga
56 lbs/ft3 (910) Jatoba
56 lbs/ft3 (905) Leopardwood
56 lbs/ft3 (897) Spalted Tamarind
57 lbs/ft3 (910) Osage Orange (Argentine)
57 lbs/ft3 (915) Indian Ebony
57 lbs/ft3 (915) Santos Mahogany
57 lbs/ft3 (935) Madagascar Rosewood
58 lbs/ft3 (930) Purpleheart
58 lbs/ft3 (930) Figured Purpleheart
58 lbs/ft3 (935) Chakte Viga
59 lbs/ft3 (950) Granadillo
59 lbs/ft3 (950) Goncalo Alves
60 lbs/ft3 (970) Tulipwood
60 lbs/ft3 (955) Tamboti
61 lbs/ft3 (970) Black Palm
61 lbs/ft3 (970) Camphor Bush Burl
61 lbs/ft3 (970) Figured Camphor Bush
62 lbs/ft3 (990) Chechen
62 lbs/ft3 (990) Olivewood
62 lbs/ft3 (1000) Sucupira
63 lbs/ft3 (1000) Gaboon Ebony
63 lbs/ft3 (1005) Marblewood
63 lbs/ft3 (1000) Royal Ebony
64 lbs/ft3 (1025) Honduras Rosewood
64 lbs/ft3 (1025) Honduras Rosewood Burl
65 lbs/ft3 (1035) Pink Ivory
65 lbs/ft3 (1035) Cochen Rosewood
66 lbs/ft3 (1050) Bloodwood
66 lbs/ft3 (1050) Red Mallee Burl
66 lbs/ft3 (1050) Brown Mallee Burl
67 lbs/ft3 (1065) Mun Ebony
67 lbs/ft3 (1075) Mopani
67 lbs/ft3 (1075) Yellow Box Burl
67 lbs/ft3 (1070) Angelim Pedra
68 lbs/ft3 (1100) Cocobolo
68 lbs/ft3 (1090) Macassar Ebony
68 lbs/ft3 (1085) Amazon Rosewood
68 lbs/ft3 (1095) Cumaru
68 lbs/ft3 (1085) Red Coolibah Burl
69 lbs/ft3 (1110) Pau Santo
70 lbs/ft3 (1122) Katalox
70 lbs/ft3 (1122) Figured Katalox
70 lbs/ft3 (1120) Grey Box Burl
72 lbs/ft3 (1160) Brown Ebony
72 lbs/ft3 (1145) Brazilian Ebony
74 lbs/ft3 (1190) Lignum Vitae (Argentine)
74 lbs/ft3 (1188) Camatillo
75 lbs/ft3 (1200) African Blackwood
75 lbs/ft3 (1200) Kingwood
76 lbs/ft3 (1210) Snakewood
79 lbs/ft3 (1260) Lignum Vitae (Genuine)

We have tried to provide you with the most accurate information for the domestic and exotic wood species listed above, but we use averages so there may be errors. Please use the following information as a guide. (If you find any errors please contact us)