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Log Dry Weight and Green Moisture Content, Imperial Measurements

Oven-dry Weight of Logs in Pounds per Cubic Foot

List below contains the value's for average dry densities in pounds per cubic foot of wood plus bark, and the average green moisture content for a selection of North American Tree Species.

TypeCommon NameBinomial Avg. Oven-dry Weight/
Wood + Bark lb/ft3		 Average MC % of Green Wood
Hardwood Maple, Bigleaf / British Columbia / Broadleaf / Oregon Acer macrophyllum 30 71
Hardwood Maple, Boxelder / Ash-Leaf / Manitoba / Three-Leave Acer negundo 29 91
Hardwood Maple, Black / Black Sugar / Hard / Rock Acer nigrum 38 70
Hardwood Maple, Striped / Goosefoot / Moosewood / Snake Bark Acer pensylvanicum 30 71
Hardwood Maple, Red / Scarlet / Soft / Water Acer rubrum 34 64
Hardwood Maple, Silver Acer saccharinum 31 68
Hardwood Maple, Sugar Acer saccharum 40 57
Hardwood Buckeye, Yellow / Sweet Aesculus octandra 25 143
Hardwood Ailanthus / Tree Of Heaven Ailanthus altissima 33 74
Hardwood Alder, White / Rhombie Leaf Alnus rhombifolia 27.1 99
Hardwood Alder, Red Alnus rubra 27 99
Hardwood Canadian Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis 44 48
Hardwood Serviceberry Amelanchier spp. 44 48
Hardwood Madrone, Pacific Arbutus menziesii 42 66
Hardwood Birch, Yellow / Black Betula alleghaniensis 38 72
Hardwood Birch, Sweet Betula lenta 41 73
Hardwood Birch, River Betula nigra 34 86
Hardwood Birch, Paper Betula papyrifera 34 74
Hardwood Birch, Gray Betula populifolia 32 64
Hardwood American Hornbeam / Musclewood Carpinus caroliniana 39 46
Hardwood Hickory, Water / Bitter Pecan Carya aquatica 44 84
Hardwood Hickory, Bitternut / Swamp Carya cordiformis 43 71
Hardwood Hickory, Pignut Carya glabra 47 65
Hardwood Hickory, Pecan Carya illinoensis 43 66
Hardwood Hickory, True, Shellbark Carya laciniosa 45 65
Hardwood Hickory, Nutmeg Carya myristiciformis 41 77
Hardwood Hickory, True, Shagbark Carya ovata 47 60
Hardwood Hickory, Mockernut / White / White-Heart Carya tomentosa 46 63
Hardwood Chestnut, American Castanea dentata 30 120
Hardwood Chinquapin / Golden / Giant / Western Castanopsis chrysophylla 29 133
Hardwood Catalpa, Northern / Hardy / Western / Cigar Tree / Catawba Tree Catalpa speciosa 28 73
Hardwood Hackberry Celtis occidentalis 35 64
Hardwood Dogwood, Flowering Cornus florida 45 33
Hardwood Dogwood, Pacific / Mountain Dogwood Cornus nuttallii 42 46
Hardwood Hawthorn, Late / Pear Crataegus calpodendron 44.7 75
Hardwood Persimmon, Common Diospyros virginiana 45 58
Hardwood Ash, Biltmore / White Fraxinus americana 39 46
Hardwood Ash, Oregon / Water Fraxinus latifolia 36 60
Hardwood Ash, Black Fraxinus nigra 32 85
Hardwood Ash, Green / Bastard Fraxinus pennsylvanica 38 57
Hardwood Ash, Pumpkin / Red Fraxinus profunda 34 67
Hardwood Ash, Blue / Virginia Fraxinus quadrangulata 37 51
Hardwood Honey Locust / Honey Shucks / Sweet Bean Gleditsia triacanthos 42 60
Hardwood Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus 38 51
Hardwood Carolina Silverbell / Little Silverbell Halesia carolina 31 68
Hardwood Holly, American / White Holly Ilex opaca 36 83
Hardwood Butternut / White Walnut Juglans cinerea 26 105
Hardwood Walnut, Black Juglans nigra 35 79
Hardwood Sweetgum, American / American Storax / Hazel Pine / Satin-Walnut / Alligatorwood Liquidambar styraciflua 33 74
Hardwood Poplar-Yellow / American Tulip / Canary Whitewood Liriodendron tulipifera 29 95
Hardwood Tanoak / Tanbark-Oak Lithocarpus densiflorus 44 80
Hardwood Osage Orange / Horse Apple / Hedge Apple Maclura pomifera 53 31
Hardwood Magnolia, Cucumbertree / Blue Magnolia, Magnolia acuminata 32 78
Hardwood Magnolia, Fraser / Mountain Magnolia Magnolia fraseri 29 96
Hardwood Magnolia, Southern Magnolia grandiflora 33 106
Hardwood Magnolia, Sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 30 87
Hardwood Apple / Common / Wild Malus sylvestris 43 78
Hardwood Tupelo, Water / Cottongum / Wild Olive / Large Tupelo Nyssa aquatica 34 95
Hardwood Sour Gum / Tupelo, Black Nyssa sylvatica 33 101
Hardwood Hophornbeam, American / Eastern Ostrya virginiana 44 53
Hardwood Sourwood / Sorrel Tree Oxydendrum arboreum 37 70
Hardwood Sycamore, American / American Planetree Platanus occidentalis 32 81
Hardwood Poplar, Balsam / Black / Hackmatack Populus balsamifera 26 107
Hardwood Cottonwood, Eastern / Eastern / Plains / MatchPoplar Populus deltoides 28 117
Hardwood Cottonwood, Fremont / Alamo Populus fremontii 31 56
Hardwood Aspen, Bigtooth / Large-tooth Populus grandidentata 28 91
Hardwood Aspen, Quaking / Trembling / Aspen Popular Populus tremuloides 26 129
Hardwood Cottonwood, Black Populus trichocarpa 23 138
Hardwood Mesquite Spp. Prosopis spp. 55 21
Hardwood Cherry, Black Prunus serotina 33 53
Hardwood Oak, White Quercus alba 43 68
Hardwood Oak, Swamp White Quercus bicolor 45 58
Hardwood Oak, Canyon Live / Canyon Oak / Maul Oak Quercus chrysolepis 50 74
Hardwood Oak, Scarlet Quercus coccinea 47 71
Hardwood Oak, Southern Red Quercus falcata 42 97
Hardwood Oak, Gambel / Rocky Mountain White / Colorado Scrub Quercus gambelii 47 66
Hardwood Oak, Garry / Oregon White Oak / Oregon Oak Quercus garryana 46 58
Hardwood Oak, California Black / Kellogg Oak Quercus kelloggii 38 101
Hardwood Oak, Turkey / Catesby / American Turkey Quercus laevis 47.5 75
Hardwood Oak, Laurel / Diamond-Leaf Oak / Water Oak Quercus laurifolia 40 83
Hardwood Oak, Overcup Quercus lyrata 43 77
Hardwood Oak, Bur / Mossy-Cup Quercus macrocarpa 42 74
Hardwood Oak, Swamp Chestnut / Basket Quercus michauxii 45 68
Hardwood Oak, Water Quercus nigra 41 83
Hardwood Oak, Cherrybark Quercus pagoda 47 68
Hardwood Oak, Pin / Swamp Spanish Quercus palustris 44 77
Hardwood Oak, Willow Quercus phellos 41 83
Hardwood Oak, Chestnut / Rock / Rock Chestnut / Mountain Quercus prinus 43 77
Hardwood Oak, Northern Red Quercus rubra 43 83
Hardwood Oak, Shumard / Swamp Red / Shumard Red Quercus shumardii 47.4 75
Hardwood Oak, Post / Iron Quercus stellata 44 71
Hardwood Oak, Black / Eastern Black Quercus velutina 42 83
Hardwood Oak, Live / Southern Live Quercus virginiana 55 52
Hardwood Locust, Black / False Acacia / Green / Locust / Shipmast / White / Yellow Robinia pseudoacacia 44 41
Hardwood Willow, Black / Black American Salix nigra 27 127
Hardwood Sassafras Sassafras albidum 31 68
Hardwood False Mastic / Yellow Mastic Sideroxylon foetidissimum 37.5 75
Hardwood Basswood, American / American Linden Tilia americana 23 105
Hardwood Elm, Winged / Wahoo Ulmus alata 41 42
Hardwood Elm, American / White / Water / Florida Ulmus americana 33 94
Hardwood Elm, Texas Cedar / Cedar Elm Ulmus crassifolia 41 66
Hardwood Elm, Slippery / Red / Gray / Soft Ulmus rubra 32 77
Hardwood Elm, Rock, Elm Cork Ulmus thomasii 40 51
Hardwood Laurel, California / Oregon Myrtle Umbellularia californica 37 67
Soft Wood Fir, Pacific Silver / White / Red/ Lovely / Amabilis / Cascades Abies amabilis 29 70
Soft Wood Fir, Corkbark Abies arizonica 26.1 84
Soft Wood Fir, Balsam / Canadian / Canada / Balm of Gilead / Eastern Abies balsamea 24 119
Soft Wood Fir, White / Colorado / California White / Low's Abies concolor 27 104
Soft Wood Fir, Grand / Lowland / Lowland White / White / Silver Abies grandis 26 106
Soft Wood Fir, Subalpine / Alpine / Mountain Balsam / Rocky Mountain / White Balsam Abies lasiocarpa 23 45
Soft Wood Fir, Red / Golden / California Red / Shasta / Silvertip Abies magnifica 25 114
Soft Wood Fir, Noble Abies procera 26 30
Soft Wood Cedar, Port-Orford Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 27 74
Soft Wood Cedar, Yellow / Alaska Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 29 72
Soft Wood Cedar, Atlantic White Chamaecyparis thyoides 22 86
Soft Wood Juniper, Alligator / Checkerbark Juniperus deppeana 33 34
Soft Wood Juniper, Western Juniperus occidentalis 31.1 36
Soft Wood Southern Redcedar Juniperus silicicola 29 41
Soft Wood Cedar, Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana 30 35
Soft Wood Tamarack / Hackmatack / American Larch Alaskan / Eastern Larix laricina 33 54
Soft Wood Larch, Western / Montana / Mountain Larix occidentalis 33 60
Soft Wood Incense Cedar / California Incense-Cedar Libocedrus decurrens 24 106
Soft Wood Spruce, Engelmann / White Spruce / Mountain Spruce / Silver Spruce Picea engelmannii 24 89
Soft Wood Spruce, White / Alberta / Black Hills / Canada / Western White Picea glauca 26 52
Soft Wood Spruce, Black / Bog / shortleaf black / Swamp Picea mariana 27 48
Soft Wood Spruce, Red / Eastern / West Virginia Picea rubens 26 47
Soft Wood Spruce, Sitka / Coast / Menzies / Western Picea sitchensis 25 60
Soft Wood Pine, Knobcone / Narrowcone Pinus attenuata 27 105
Soft Wood Pine, Jack / Banksian / Black / Scrub Pinus banksiana 29 100
Soft Wood Pine, Sand Pinus clausa 33 32
Soft Wood Pine, Lodgepole / Bolander Beach / Shore / Tamarack Pine Pinus contorta 26 64
Soft Wood Pine, Shortleaf / Arkansas / Shortstraw / Southern / Yellow Pinus echinata 33 77
Soft Wood Pine, Common / Two Needle Pinyon Pinus edulis 35 28
Soft Wood Pine, Slash / American Pitch / Caribbean / Salish / Longleaf Pitch / Swamp Pinus elliottii 38 72
Soft Wood Pine, Limber / Rocky Mountain White Pinus flexilis 27 95
Soft Wood Pine, Spruce / Bottom White / Cedar/ Poor / Walter Pinus glabra 29 76
Soft Wood Pine, Jeffrey / Black Pinus jeffreyi 29 104
Soft Wood Pine, Sugar / California Sugar Pinus lambertiana 27 130
Soft Wood Pine, Western White / Idaho White / Mountain White / Silver Pinus monticola 26 56
Soft Wood Pine, Bishop / Obispo / Swamp / Prickle-Cone Pinus muricata 34 60
Soft Wood Pine, Longleaf / Florida / Georgia Pinus palustris 38 63
Soft Wood Pine, Ponderosa / Western Yellow / Blackjack / Bull / Pacific Ponderosa / Rock Pinus ponderosa 29 90
Soft Wood Pine, Table Mountain / Hickory / Prickley Pinus pungens 34 77
Soft Wood Pine, Monterey / Cedros Island / Guadalupe Island / Radiata / Insignis Pinus radiata 28 100
Soft Wood Pine, Red / American Red / Canadian Red / Norway Pinus resinosa 28 64
Soft Wood Pine, Pitch / Hard Pinus rigida 32 70
Soft Wood Pine, Gray / California Foothill / Bull / Grey-leaf / Digger Pinus sabiniana 30 80
Soft Wood Pine, Pond / Bay / Marsh / Pocosin Pinus serotina 35 60
Soft Wood Pine, Eastern White / Northern White / Weymouth / White Pinus strobus 26 65
Soft Wood Pine, Loblolly / Frankincense / Oldfield / Southern Pinus taeda 33 81
Soft Wood Pine, Virginia / Jersey / Poverty / Scrub Pinus virginiana 33 78
Soft Wood Douglas-Fir, Coast Pseudotsuga menziesii 33 35
Soft Wood Redwood / California / Coast Sequoia sempervirens 27 123
Soft Wood Redwood, Giant / California Big-Tree / Giant Sequoia / Sequoia / Sierra Sequoiadendron giganteum 25 178
Soft Wood Bald Cypress / Swamp / Gulf / Red / Southern / White / Yellow Taxodium distichum 32 95
Soft Wood Yew, Pacific / Western / Canadian / Californian Taxus brevifolia 39 47
Soft Wood Cedar, Northern White / Arborvitae / Eastern Arborvitae / Swamp Thuja occidentalis 22 99
Soft Wood Cedar, Westernred / Pacific Red / Giant Arborvitae / Canoe / Giant/ Shinglewood Thuja plicata 22 40
Soft Wood Hemlock, Eastern / Canada / Hemlock Spruce Tsuga canadensis 29 111
Soft Wood Hemlock, Western / Pacific / West Coast Tsuga heterophylla 31 56
Soft Wood Hemlock, Mountain Tsuga mertensiana 30 68
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