Basic Specific Gravity of North American Trees

Find the basic specific gravity of North American trees. Searchable list with common and binomial names of trees found in North America.

basic specific gravity =  green volume and oven-dry weight

Common Name	Binomial	Basic Specific Gravity	Region
Ailanthus / Tree Of Heaven	Ailanthus altissima	0.46	North America
Alder, Red	Alnus rubra	0.37	North America
Alder, White / Rhombie Leaf	Alnus rhombifolia	0.37	North America
American Hornbeam / Musclewood	Carpinus caroliniana	0.58	North America
American Witch-Hazel	Hamamelis virginiana	0.56	North America
Apple / Common / Wild	Malus sylvestris	0.61	North America
Ash, Biltmore / White	Fraxinus americana	0.55	North America
Ash, Black	Fraxinus nigra	0.45	North America
Ash, Blue / Virginia	Fraxinus quadrangulata	0.53	North America
Ash, Green / Bastard	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	0.53	North America
Ash, Oregon / Water	Fraxinus latifolia	0.5	North America
Ash, Pumpkin / Red	Fraxinus profunda	0.48	North America
Aspen, Bigtooth / Large-tooth	Populus grandidentata	0.36	North America
Aspen, Quaking / Trembling / Aspen Popular	Populus tremuloides	0.35	North America
Bald Cypress / Swamp / Gulf / Red / Southern / White / Yellow	Taxodium distichum	0.42	North America
Basswood, American / American Linden	Tilia americana	0.32	North America
Basswood, White	Tilia heterophylla	0.32	North America
Beech / American / North American	Fagus grandifolia	0.56	North America
Birch, Alaska Paper	Betula neoalaskana	0.529515	North America
Birch, Gray	Betula populifolia	0.45	North America
Birch, Paper	Betula papyrifera	0.48	North America
Birch, River	Betula nigra	0.49	North America
Birch, Sweet	Betula lenta	0.6	North America
Birch, Yellow / Black	Betula alleghaniensis	0.55	North America
Bird Cherry / Fire Cherry / Pin Cherry	Prunus pensylvanica	0.36	North America
Blue Elderberry / Blue Elder	Sambucus caerulea	0.46	North America
Buckeye, Yellow / Sweet	Aesculus octandra	0.33	North America
Buckthorn, California Coffeeberry	Rhamnus californica	0.5	North America
Buckthorn, Cascara	Rhamnus purshiana	0.5	North America
Buckthorn, Spiny Redberry	Rhamnus crocea	0.75	North America
Bully Trees	Sideroxylon indet	1.234	North America
Butternut / White Walnut	Juglans cinerea	0.36	North America
Buttonwood / Button Mangrove	Conocarpus erectus	0.69	North America
Canadian Serviceberry	Amelanchier canadensis	0.66	North America
Carolina Silverbell / Little Silverbell	Halesia carolina	0.42	North America
Catalpa, Northern / Hardy / Western / Cigar Tree / Catawba Tree	Catalpa speciosa	0.38	North America
Cedar, Atlantic White	Chamaecyparis thyoides	0.31	North America
Cedar, Eastern Redcedar	Juniperus virginiana	0.44	North America
Cedar, Incense	Calocedrus decurrens	0.35	North America
Cedar, Northern White / Arborvitae / Eastern Arborvitae / Swamp	Thuja occidentalis	0.29	North America
Cedar, Port-Orford	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	0.39	North America
Cedar, Westernred / Pacific Red / Giant Arborvitae / Canoe / Giant/ Shinglewood	Thuja plicata	0.31	North America
Cedar, Yellow / Alaska	Chamaecyparis nootkatensis	0.42	North America
Cherry, Black	Prunus serotina	0.47	North America
Chestnut, American	Castanea dentata	0.4	North America
Chinkapin, Giant / Golden	Chrysolepis chrysophylla	0.42	North America
Chinquapin / Golden / Giant / Western	Castanopsis chrysophylla	0.42	North America
Cottonwood, Black	Populus trichocarpa	0.31	North America
Cottonwood, Eastern / Eastern / Plains / MatchPoplar	Populus deltoides	0.37	North America
Cottonwood, Fremont / Alamo	Populus fremontii	0.41	North America
Dogwood, Flowering	Cornus florida	0.64	North America
Dogwood, Pacific / Mountain Dogwood	Cornus nuttallii	0.58	North America
Douglas-Fir, Coast	Pseudotsuga menziesii	0.453333333	North America
Douglas-Fir, Interior North	Pseudotsuga menziesii	0.45	North America
Douglas-Fir, Interior West	Pseudotsuga menziesii	0.46	North America
Elm, American / White / Water / Florida	Ulmus americana	0.46	North America
Elm, Rock, Elm Cork	Ulmus thomasii	0.57	North America
Elm, Slippery / Red / Gray / Soft	Ulmus rubra	0.48	North America
Elm, Texas Cedar / Cedar Elm	Ulmus crassifolia	0.59	North America
Elm, Winged / Wahoo	Ulmus alata	0.6	North America
False Mastic / Yellow Mastic	Sideroxylon foetidissimum	0.52	North America
Fir, Balsam / Canadian / Canada / Balm of Gilead / Eastern	Abies balsamea	0.33	North America
Fir, Corkbark	Abies arizonica	0.29	North America
Fir, Grand / Lowland / Lowland White / White / Silver	Abies grandis	0.35	North America
Fir, Noble	Abies procera	0.37	North America
Fir, Pacific Silver / White / Red/ Lovely / Amabilis / Cascades	Abies amabilis	0.4	North America
Fir, Red / Golden / California Red / Shasta / Silvertip	Abies magnifica	0.36	North America
Fir, Subalpine / Alpine / Mountain Balsam / Rocky Mountain / White Balsam	Abies lasiocarpa	0.31	North America
Fir, White / Colorado / California White / Low's	Abies concolor	0.37	North America
Florida Strangler Fig / Golden Fig/ Higuerón	Ficus aurea	0.44	North America
Great Laurel / Rosebay Rhododendron	Rhododendron maximum	0.5	North America
Gumbo-Limbo / Copperwood / Chaca	Bursera simaruba	0.32	North America
Hackberry	Celtis occidentalis	0.49	North America
Hawthorn, Late / Pear	Crataegus calpodendron	0.62	North America
Hemlock, Eastern / Canada / Hemlock Spruce	Tsuga canadensis	0.38	North America
Hemlock, Mountain	Tsuga mertensiana	0.42	North America
Hemlock, Western / Pacific / West Coast	Tsuga heterophylla	0.42	North America
Hickory, Bitternut / Swamp	Carya cordiformis	0.6	North America
Hickory, Mockernut / White / White-Heart	Carya tomentosa	0.64	North America
Hickory, Nutmeg	Carya myristiciformis	0.56	North America
Hickory, Pecan	Carya illinoensis	0.6	North America
Hickory, Pignut	Carya glabra	0.66	North America
Hickory, True, Shagbark	Carya ovata	0.64	North America
Hickory, True, Shellbark	Carya laciniosa	0.62	North America
Hickory, Water / Bitter Pecan	Carya aquatica	0.61	North America
Holly, American / White Holly	Ilex opaca	0.5	North America
Hollyleaf Cherry / Evergreen Cherry	Prunus ilicifolia	0.73	North America
Honey Locust / Honey Shucks / Sweet Bean	Gleditsia triacanthos	0.6	North America
Hophornbeam, American / Eastern	Ostrya virginiana	0.63	North America
Incense Cedar / California Incense-Cedar	Libocedrus decurrens	0.35	North America
Inkwood / Butterbough	Exothea paniculata	0.73	North America
Juniper, Alligator / Checkerbark	Juniperus deppeana	0.48	North America
Juniper, Western	Juniperus occidentalis	0.45	North America
Kentucky Coffeetree	Gymnocladus dioicus	0.53	North America
Larch, Western / Montana / Mountain	Larix occidentalis	0.48	North America
Laurel, California / Oregon Myrtle	Umbellularia californica	0.51	North America
Locust, Black / False Acacia / Green / Locust / Shipmast / White / Yellow	Robinia pseudoacacia	0.66	North America
Madrone, Pacific	Arbutus menziesii	0.57	North America
Magnolia, Cucumbertree / Blue Magnolia	Magnolia acuminata	0.44	North America
Magnolia, Fraser / Mountain Magnolia	Magnolia fraseri	0.4	North America
Magnolia, Southern	Magnolia grandiflora	0.46	North America
Magnolia, Sweetbay	Magnolia virginiana	0.42	North America
Maple, Bigleaf / British Columbia / Broadleaf / Oregon	Acer macrophyllum	0.44	North America
Maple, Black / Black Sugar / Hard / Rock	Acer nigrum	0.52	North America
Maple, Boxelder / Ash-Leaf / Manitoba / Three-Leave	Acer negundo	0.416	North America
Maple, Red / Scarlet / Soft / Water	Acer rubrum	0.49	North America
Maple, Silver	Acer saccharinum	0.44	North America
Maple, Striped / Goosefoot / Moosewood / Snake Bark	Acer pensylvanicum	0.44	North America
Maple, Sugar	Acer saccharum	0.56	North America
Mesquite Spp.	Prosopis spp.	0.78	North America
Mountain Laurel / Calico-Bush / Spoonwood	Kalmia latifolia	0.62	North America
Mountain Mahogany / Birch Leaf Mountain Mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides	0.8	North America
Oak, Arizona White / Arizona	Quercus Arizonica	0.59	North America
Oak, Bastard White	Quercus austrina	0.75	North America
Oak, Black / Eastern Black	Quercus velutina	0.56	North America
Oak, Bluejack / Upland Willow Oak / Sandjack Oak / Cinnamon Oak	Quercus incana	0.71	North America
Oak, Bur / Mossy-Cup	Quercus macrocarpa	0.58	North America
Oak, California Black / Kellogg Oak	Quercus kelloggii	0.51	North America
Oak, Canyon Live / Canyon Oak / Maul Oak	Quercus chrysolepis	0.7	North America
Oak, Chapman	Quercus chapmanii	0.78	North America
Oak, Cherrybark	Quercus pagoda	0.61	North America
Oak, Chestnut / Rock / Rock Chestnut / Mountain	Quercus prinus	0.57	North America
Oak, Darlington / Laurel-Leaf Oak	Quercus hemisphaerica	0.69	North America
Oak, Dwarf Live / Minimal	Quercus minima	0.89	North America
Oak, Gambel / Rocky Mountain White / Colorado Scrub	Quercus gambelii	0.62	North America
Oak, Garry / Oregon White Oak / Oregon Oak	Quercus garryana	0.64	North America
Oak, Laurel / Diamond-Leaf Oak / Water Oak	Quercus laurifolia	0.56	North America
Oak, Live / Southern Live	Quercus virginiana	0.8	North America
Oak, Myrtle / Shrubby	Quercus myrtifolia	0.807	North America
Oak, Northern Red	Quercus rubra	0.56	North America
Oak, Overcup	Quercus lyrata	0.57	North America
Oak, Pin / Swamp Spanish	Quercus palustris	0.58	North America
Oak, Post / Iron	Quercus stellata	0.6	North America
Oak, Running / Runner	Quercus pumila	0.71	North America
Oak, Sand Live	Quercus geminata	0.872	North America
Oak, Sand Post	Quercus margaretta	0.76	North America
Oak, Scarlet	Quercus coccinea	0.6	North America
Oak, Shumard / Swamp Red / Shumard Red	Quercus shumardii	0.64	North America
Oak, Southern Red	Quercus falcata	0.52	North America
Oak, Swamp Chestnut / Basket	Quercus michauxii	0.6	North America
Oak, Swamp White	Quercus bicolor	0.64	North America
Oak, Turkey / Catesby / American Turkey	Quercus laevis	0.639	North America
Oak, Water	Quercus nigra	0.56	North America
Oak, White	Quercus alba	0.6	North America
Oak, Willow	Quercus phellos	0.56	North America
Ocean Spray / Creambush / Ironwood	Holodiscus discolor	0.71	North America
Osage Orange / Horse Apple / Hedge Apple	Maclura pomifera	0.76	North America
Paradise Apple / Common Apple	Malus pumila	0.64575	North America
Persimmon, Common	Diospyros virginiana	0.64	North America
Pine / Gray / California Foothill Bull / Grey-leaf / Digger	Pinus sabiniana	0.4	North America
Pine, Bishop / Obispo / Swamp / Prickle-Cone	Pinus muricata	0.45	North America
Pine, Common / Two Needle Pinyon	Pinus edulis	0.5	North America
Pine, Coulter / Big-Cone Pine	Pinus coulteri	0.4	North America
Pine, Eastern White / Northern White / Weymouth / White	Pinus strobus	0.34	North America
Pine, Gray / California Foothill	Pinus, sabiniana	0.4	North America
Pine, Jack / Banksian / Black / Scrub	Pinus banksiana	0.4	North America
Pine, Jeffrey / Black	Pinus jeffreyi	0.37	North America
Pine, Knobcone / Narrowcone	Pinus attenuata	0.39	North America
Pine, Limber / Rocky Mountain White	Pinus flexilis	0.37	North America
Pine, Loblolly / Frankincense / Oldfield / Southern	Pinus taeda	0.47	North America
Pine, Lodgepole / Bolander Beach / Shore / Tamarack Pine	Pinus contorta	0.38	North America
Pine, Longleaf / Florida / Georgia	Pinus palustris	0.54	North America
Pine, Monterey / Cedros Island / Guadalupe Island / Radiata / Insignis	Pinus radiata	0.4	North America
Pine, Pitch / Hard	Pinus rigida	0.47	North America
Pine, Pond / Bay / Marsh / Pocosin	Pinus serotina	0.51	North America
Pine, Ponderosa / Western Yellow / Blackjack / Bull / Pacific Ponderosa / Rock	Pinus ponderosa	0.38	North America
Pine, Red / American Red / Canadian Red / Norway	Pinus resinosa	0.41	North America
Pine, Sand	Pinus clausa	0.46	North America
Pine, Shortleaf / Arkansas / Shortstraw / Southern / Yellow	Pinus echinata	0.47	North America
Pine, Slash / American Pitch / Caribbean / Salish / Longleaf Pitch / Swamp	Pinus elliottii	0.54	North America
Pine, Spruce / Bottom White / Cedar/ Poor / Walter	Pinus glabra	0.41	North America
Pine, Sugar / California Sugar	Pinus lambertiana	0.34	North America
Pine, Table Mountain / Hickory / Prickley	Pinus pungens	0.49	North America
Pine, Virginia / Jersey / Poverty / Scrub	Pinus virginiana	0.45	North America
Pine, Western White / Idaho White / Mountain White / Silver	Pinus monticola	0.35	North America
Pond Apple, Alligator Apple	Annona glabra	0.5	North America
Poplar, Abele / Silver Poplar / Silverleaf Poplar	Populus alba	0.36	North America
Poplar, Balsam / Black / Hackmatack	Populus balsamifera	0.31	North America
Poplar-Yellow / American Tulip / Canary Whitewood	Liriodendron tulipifera	0.4	North America
Redberry Stopper	Eugenia confusa	0.81	North America
Redwood / California / Coast	Sequoia sempervirens	0.38	North America
Redwood, Giant / California Big-Tree / Giant Sequoia / Sequoia / Sierra	Sequoiadendron giganteum	0.34	North America
Sassafras	Sassafras albidum	0.42	North America
Serviceberry	Amelanchier spp.	0.66	North America
Sour Gum / Tupelo, Black	Nyssa sylvatica	0.46	North America
Sourwood / Sorrel Tree	Oxydendrum arboreum	0.5	North America
Southern Redcedar	Juniperus silicicola	0.42	North America
Spruce, Black / Bog / shortleaf black / Swamp	Picea mariana	0.38	North America
Spruce, Engelmann / White Spruce / Mountain Spruce / Silver Spruce	Picea engelmannii	0.33	North America
Spruce, Red / Eastern / West Virginia	Picea rubens	0.37	North America
Spruce, Sitka / Coast / Menzies / Western	Picea sitchensis	0.37	North America
Spruce, White / Alberta / Black Hills / Canada / Western White	Picea glauca	0.33	North America
Sugarberry / Southern Hackberry	Celtis laevigata	0.47	North America
Sweetgum, American / American Storax / Hazel Pine / Satin-Walnut / Alligatorwood	Liquidambar styraciflua	0.46	North America
Sycamore, American / American Planetree	Platanus occidentalis	0.46	North America
Tamarack / Hackmatack / American Larch Alaskan / Eastern	Larix laricina	0.49	North America
Tanoak / Tanbark-Oak	Lithocarpus densiflorus	0.58	North America
Texas Walnut / Little Walnut	Juglans microcarpa	0.53	North America
Tupelo, Water / Cottongum / Wild Olive / Large Tupelo	Nyssa aquatica	0.46	North America
Walnut, Black	Juglans nigra	0.51	North America
White Bully / Willow Bustic / Bustic Cassada	Sideroxylon salicifolium	0.86	North America
Willow, Black / Black American	Salix nigra	0.36	North America
Willow, Pacific	Salix lasiandra	0.39	North America
Yew, Pacific / Western / Canadian / Californian	Taxus brevifolia	0.6	North America