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Log Dry Weight and Green Moisture Content, Metric Measurements

Oven-dry Weight of Logs in Kilograms per Cubic Metre

List below contains the value's for average dry densities in kilograms per cubic metre 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 kg/m³
Average MC % of Green Wood
Hardwood Maple, Bigleaf / British Columbia / Broadleaf / Oregon Acer macrophyllum 488 71
Hardwood Maple, Boxelder / Ash-Leaf / Manitoba / Three-Leave Acer negundo 463 91
Hardwood Maple, Black / Black Sugar / Hard / Rock Acer nigrum 604 70
Hardwood Maple, Striped / Goosefoot / Moosewood / Snake Bark Acer pensylvanicum 483 71
Hardwood Maple, Red / Scarlet / Soft / Water Acer rubrum 541 64
Hardwood Maple, Silver Acer saccharinum 489 68
Hardwood Maple, Sugar Acer saccharum 644 57
Hardwood Buckeye, Yellow / Sweet Aesculus octandra 405 143
Hardwood Ailanthus / Tree Of Heaven Ailanthus altissima 527 74
Hardwood Alder, White / Rhombie Leaf Alnus rhombifolia 434 99
Hardwood Alder, Red Alnus rubra 437 99
Hardwood Canadian Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis 703 48
Hardwood Serviceberry Amelanchier spp. 703 48
Hardwood Madrone, Pacific Arbutus menziesii 670 66
Hardwood Birch, Yellow / Black Betula alleghaniensis 611 72
Hardwood Birch, Sweet Betula lenta 661 73
Hardwood Birch, River Betula nigra 544 86
Hardwood Birch, Paper Betula papyrifera 550 74
Hardwood Birch, Gray Betula populifolia 519 64
Hardwood American Hornbeam / Musclewood Carpinus caroliniana 627 46
Hardwood Hickory, Water / Bitter Pecan Carya aquatica 706 84
Hardwood Hickory, Bitternut / Swamp Carya cordiformis 696 71
Hardwood Hickory, Pignut Carya glabra 756 65
Hardwood Hickory, Pecan Carya illinoensis 696 66
Hardwood Hickory, True, Shellbark Carya laciniosa 716 65
Hardwood Hickory, Nutmeg Carya myristiciformis 656 77
Hardwood Hickory, True, Shagbark Carya ovata 755 60
Hardwood Hickory, Mockernut / White / White-Heart Carya tomentosa 736 63
Hardwood Chestnut, American Castanea dentata 475 120
Hardwood Chinquapin / Golden / Giant / Western Castanopsis chrysophylla 470 133
Hardwood Catalpa, Northern / Hardy / Western / Cigar Tree / Catawba Tree Catalpa speciosa 455 73
Hardwood Hackberry Celtis occidentalis 563 64
Hardwood Dogwood, Flowering Cornus florida 727 33
Hardwood Dogwood, Pacific / Mountain Dogwood Cornus nuttallii 667 46
Hardwood Hawthorn, Late / Pear Crataegus calpodendron 715.8 75
Hardwood Persimmon, Common Diospyros virginiana 715 58
Hardwood Ash, Biltmore / White Fraxinus americana 630 46
Hardwood Ash, Oregon / Water Fraxinus latifolia 580 60
Hardwood Ash, Black Fraxinus nigra 519 85
Hardwood Ash, Green / Bastard Fraxinus pennsylvanica 607 57
Hardwood Ash, Pumpkin / Red Fraxinus profunda 552 67
Hardwood Ash, Blue / Virginia Fraxinus quadrangulata 592 51
Hardwood Honey Locust / Honey Shucks / Sweet Bean Gleditsia triacanthos 675 60
Hardwood Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus 605 51
Hardwood Carolina Silverbell / Little Silverbell Halesia carolina 495 68
Hardwood Holly, American / White Holly Ilex opaca 575 83
Hardwood Butternut / White Walnut Juglans cinerea 420 105
Hardwood Walnut, Black Juglans nigra 559 79
Hardwood Sweetgum, American / American Storax / Hazel Pine / Satin-Walnut / Alligatorwood Liquidambar styraciflua 523 74
Hardwood Poplar-Yellow / American Tulip / Canary Whitewood Liriodendron tulipifera 468 95
Hardwood Tanoak / Tanbark-Oak Lithocarpus densiflorus 697 80
Hardwood Osage Orange / Horse Apple / Hedge Apple Maclura pomifera 850 31
Hardwood Magnolia, Cucumbertree / Blue Magnolia, Magnolia acuminata 506 78
Hardwood Magnolia, Fraser / Mountain Magnolia Magnolia fraseri 466 96
Hardwood Magnolia, Southern Magnolia grandiflora 526 106
Hardwood Magnolia, Sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 486 87
Hardwood Apple / Common / Wild Malus sylvestris 685 78
Hardwood Tupelo, Water / Cottongum / Wild Olive / Large Tupelo Nyssa aquatica 541 95
Hardwood Sour Gum / Tupelo, Black Nyssa sylvatica 521 101
Hardwood Hophornbeam, American / Eastern Ostrya virginiana 705 53
Hardwood Sourwood / Sorrel Tree Oxydendrum arboreum 590 70
Hardwood Sycamore, American / American Planetree Platanus occidentalis 508 81
Hardwood Poplar, Balsam / Black / Hackmatack Populus balsamifera 420 107
Hardwood Cottonwood, Eastern / Eastern / Plains / MatchPoplar Populus deltoides 453 117
Hardwood Cottonwood, Fremont / Alamo Populus fremontii 500 56
Hardwood Aspen, Bigtooth / Large-tooth Populus grandidentata 445 91
Hardwood Aspen, Quaking / Trembling / Aspen Popular Populus tremuloides 422 129
Hardwood Cottonwood, Black Populus trichocarpa 375 138
Hardwood Mesquite Spp. Prosopis spp. 877 21
Hardwood Cherry, Black Prunus serotina 528 53
Hardwood Oak, White Quercus alba 689 68
Hardwood Oak, Swamp White Quercus bicolor 728 58
Hardwood Oak, Canyon Live / Canyon Oak / Maul Oak Quercus chrysolepis 802 74
Hardwood Oak, Scarlet Quercus coccinea 756 71
Hardwood Oak, Southern Red Quercus falcata 669 97
Hardwood Oak, Gambel / Rocky Mountain White / Colorado Scrub Quercus gambelii 784 66
Hardwood Oak, Garry / Oregon White Oak / Oregon Oak Quercus garryana 740 58
Hardwood Oak, California Black / Kellogg Oak Quercus kelloggii 609 101
Hardwood Oak, Turkey / Catesby / American Turkey Quercus laevis 760.9 75
Hardwood Oak, Laurel / Diamond-Leaf Oak / Water Oak Quercus laurifolia 640 83
Hardwood Oak, Overcup Quercus lyrata 682 77
Hardwood Oak, Bur / Mossy-Cup Quercus macrocarpa 666 74
Hardwood Oak, Swamp Chestnut / Basket Quercus michauxii 717 68
Hardwood Oak, Water Quercus nigra 659 83
Hardwood Oak, Cherrybark Quercus pagoda 748 68
Hardwood Oak, Pin / Swamp Spanish Quercus palustris 712 77
Hardwood Oak, Willow Quercus phellos 654 83
Hardwood Oak, Chestnut / Rock / Rock Chestnut / Mountain Quercus prinus 694 77
Hardwood Oak, Northern Red Quercus rubra 696 83
Hardwood Oak, Shumard / Swamp Red / Shumard Red Quercus shumardii 760.3 75
Hardwood Oak, Post / Iron Quercus stellata 712 71
Hardwood Oak, Black / Eastern Black Quercus velutina 671 83
Hardwood Oak, Live / Southern Live Quercus virginiana 881 52
Hardwood Locust, Black / False Acacia / Green / Locust / Shipmast / White / Yellow Robinia pseudoacacia 703 41
Hardwood Willow, Black / Black American Salix nigra 440 127
Hardwood Sassafras Sassafras albidum 495 68
Hardwood False Mastic / Yellow Mastic Sideroxylon foetidissimum 610.6 75
Hardwood Basswood, American / American Linden Tilia americana 370 105
Hardwood Elm, Winged / Wahoo Ulmus alata 663 42
Hardwood Elm, American / White / Water / Florida Ulmus americana 521 94
Hardwood Elm, Texas Cedar / Cedar Elm Ulmus crassifolia 653 66
Hardwood Elm, Slippery / Red / Gray / Soft Ulmus rubra 520 77
Hardwood Elm, Rock, Elm Cork Ulmus thomasii 640 51
Hardwood Laurel, California / Oregon Myrtle Umbellularia californica 592 67
Soft Wood Fir, Pacific Silver / White / Red/ Lovely / Amabilis / Cascades Abies amabilis 461 70
Soft Wood Fir, Corkbark Abies arizonica 471.8 84
Soft Wood Fir, Balsam / Canadian / Canada / Balm of Gilead / Eastern Abies balsamea 378 119
Soft Wood Fir, White / Colorado / California White / Low's Abies concolor 437 104
Soft Wood Fir, Grand / Lowland / Lowland White / White / Silver Abies grandis 418 106
Soft Wood Fir, Subalpine / Alpine / Mountain Balsam / Rocky Mountain / White Balsam Abies lasiocarpa 364 45
Soft Wood Fir, Red / Golden / California Red / Shasta / Silvertip Abies magnifica 407 114
Soft Wood Fir, Noble Abies procera 423 30
Soft Wood Cedar, Port-Orford Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 436 74
Soft Wood Cedar, Yellow / Alaska Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 466 72
Soft Wood Cedar, Atlantic White Chamaecyparis thyoides 356 86
Soft Wood Juniper, Alligator / Checkerbark Juniperus deppeana 528 34
Soft Wood Juniper, Western Juniperus occidentalis 498 36
Soft Wood Southern Redcedar Juniperus silicicola 468 41
Soft Wood Cedar, Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana 488 35
Soft Wood Tamarack / Hackmatack / American Larch Alaskan / Eastern Larix laricina 532 54
Soft Wood Larch, Western / Montana / Mountain Larix occidentalis 526 60
Soft Wood Incense Cedar / California Incense-Cedar Libocedrus decurrens 392 106
Soft Wood Spruce, Engelmann / White Spruce / Mountain Spruce / Silver Spruce Picea engelmannii 387 89
Soft Wood Spruce, White / Alberta / Black Hills / Canada / Western White Picea glauca 421 52
Soft Wood Spruce, Black / Bog / shortleaf black / Swamp Picea mariana 434 48
Soft Wood Spruce, Red / Eastern / West Virginia Picea rubens 411 47
Soft Wood Spruce, Sitka / Coast / Menzies / Western Picea sitchensis 399 60
Soft Wood Pine, Knobcone / Narrowcone Pinus attenuata 435 105
Soft Wood Pine, Jack / Banksian / Black / Scrub Pinus banksiana 457 100
Soft Wood Pine, Sand Pinus clausa 527 32
Soft Wood Pine, Lodgepole / Bolander Beach / Shore / Tamarack Pine Pinus contorta 413 64
Soft Wood Pine, Shortleaf / Arkansas / Shortstraw / Southern / Yellow Pinus echinata 526 77
Soft Wood Pine, Common / Two Needle Pinyon Pinus edulis 553 28
Soft Wood Pine, Slash / American Pitch / Caribbean / Salish / Longleaf Pitch / Swamp Pinus elliottii 603 72
Soft Wood Pine, Limber / Rocky Mountain White Pinus flexilis 437 95
Soft Wood Pine, Spruce / Bottom White / Cedar/ Poor / Walter Pinus glabra 470 76
Soft Wood Pine, Jeffrey / Black Pinus jeffreyi 462 104
Soft Wood Pine, Sugar / California Sugar Pinus lambertiana 429 130
Soft Wood Pine, Western White / Idaho White / Mountain White / Silver Pinus monticola 419 56
Soft Wood Pine, Bishop / Obispo / Swamp / Prickle-Cone Pinus muricata 549 60
Soft Wood Pine, Longleaf / Florida / Georgia Pinus palustris 603 63
Soft Wood Pine, Ponderosa / Western Yellow / Blackjack / Bull / Pacific Ponderosa / Rock Pinus ponderosa 469 90
Soft Wood Pine, Table Mountain / Hickory / Prickley Pinus pungens 550 77
Soft Wood Pine, Monterey / Cedros Island / Guadalupe Island / Radiata / Insignis Pinus radiata 454 100
Soft Wood Pine, Red / American Red / Canadian Red / Norway Pinus resinosa 453 64
Soft Wood Pine, Pitch / Hard Pinus rigida 515 70
Soft Wood Pine, Gray / California Foothill / Bull / Grey-leaf / Digger Pinus sabiniana 488 80
Soft Wood Pine, Pond / Bay / Marsh / Pocosin Pinus serotina 554 60
Soft Wood Pine, Eastern White / Northern White / Weymouth / White Pinus strobus 415 65
Soft Wood Pine, Loblolly / Frankincense / Oldfield / Southern Pinus taeda 525 81
Soft Wood Pine, Virginia / Jersey / Poverty / Scrub Pinus virginiana 522 78
Soft Wood Douglas-Fir, Coast Pseudotsuga menziesii 526 35
Soft Wood Redwood / California / Coast Sequoia sempervirens 437 123
Soft Wood Redwood, Giant / California Big-Tree / Giant Sequoia / Sequoia / Sierra Sequoiadendron giganteum 401 178
Soft Wood Bald Cypress / Swamp / Gulf / Red / Southern / White / Yellow Taxodium distichum 520 95
Soft Wood Yew, Pacific / Western / Canadian / Californian Taxus brevifolia 623 47
Soft Wood Cedar, Northern White / Arborvitae / Eastern Arborvitae / Swamp Thuja occidentalis 349 99
Soft Wood Cedar, Westernred / Pacific Red / Giant Arborvitae / Canoe / Giant/ Shinglewood Thuja plicata 349 40
Soft Wood Hemlock, Eastern / Canada / Hemlock Spruce Tsuga canadensis 458 111
Soft Wood Hemlock, Western / Pacific / West Coast Tsuga heterophylla 499 56
Soft Wood Hemlock, Mountain Tsuga mertensiana 484 68
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