If a species is not footnoted with a number (1-18), then the specific gravity for that species has not been verified by Wagner. In most cases, with unverified species, these species have the same botanical name as the verified version but just a different common name. Many species (botanical name) in the world have many different common names. The footnote descriptions are shown at the bottom of the page.*
Wood Species Types in Alphabetical Order
To obtain the most accurate moisture content measurements with your Wagner moisture meter, you must set the meter for the correct species settings value for the species you are going to measure. For our customers' convenience, we have calibrated our meter's species settings in terms of specific gravity.*
For those instances where you need to measure moisture in a wood species that is not shown in your User’s Manual, Wagner has compiled this extensive database of wood species with their associated specific gravity values.
The sources for our database include the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory.
The published specific gravity values are the average for each species. There can and will be some variability of the specific gravity (density) within any species of wood, but the average specific gravity value (again, from the most valid published sources) will provide the best settings for your Wagner moisture meter.
Common Name | Botanical Name | Specific Gravity | Verified |
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Ba | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Shorea negrosensis | 0.59 | ||
Baboen | Virola koschnyi | 0.51 | |
Baboen | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Baboenhout | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Baboenoedoe | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Baboon | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Baboonhout | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Baboonwood | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Babou | Tieghemella heckelii | 0.60 | |
Babu | Tieghemella heckelii | 0.60 | |
Babun | Virola koschnyi | 0.51 | |
Babun | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Badam | Terminalia procera | 0.54 | |
Triplochiton scleroxylon | 0.32 | ||
Bafn ooi | Intsia bijuga | 0.65 | |
Bagac | Dipterocarpus grandiflorus | 0.68 | |
Bagarilao | Xanthophyllum excelsum | 0.67 | |
Bagaulan | Xanthophyllum excelsum | 0.67 | |
Bagnu | Populus ciliata | 0.37 | |
Bagobo | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Bagosantol | Sandoricum vidalii | 0.65 | |
Shorea negrosensis | 0.59 | ||
Bagunarem | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Bagunaum | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Bagwain | Tieghemella heckelii | 0.60 | |
Bagyi | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bahi | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bahia | Mitragyna ciliata | 0.52 | |
Bahia | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Bai | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bai-ah | Vitex cofassus | 0.67 | |
Bai-ti | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Baji | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bajii | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bak | Anisoptera costata | 0.52 | |
Bakain | Melia azedarach | 0.51 | |
Bakalau | Aglaia gigantea | 0.54 | |
Bakana | Chlorophora excelsa | 0.70 | |
Bakayan | Melia azedarach | 0.51 | |
Bakia | Mitragyna ciliata | 0.52 | |
Bako | Tieghemella heckelii | 0.60 | |
Baku | Mimusops heckelii | 0.55 | |
Baku | Tieghemella heckelii | 0.60 | |
Bakundu | Lophira alata | 0.94 | |
Shorea negrosensis | 0.59 | ||
Balata | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Balata burue | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Balata franc | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Balata gomme | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Balata rouge | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Balau | Anisoptera curtisii | 0.52 | |
Balau | Shorea guiso | 0.75 | |
Balau | Shorea plagata | 0.75 | |
Balau merah | Shorea guiso | 0.75 | |
Balau merah | Shorea plagata | 0.75 | |
Taxodium distichum | 0.46 | ||
Baldcypress | Taxodium distichum | 0.46 | 1 |
Diospyros ebenum | 0.94 | ||
Terminalia superba | 0.40 | ||
Balek angin | Alphitonia philippinensis | 0.35 | |
Balia | Heritiera javanica | 0.65 | |
Baligan | Anisoptera costata | 0.52 | |
Populus balsamifera | 0.34 | ||
Populus trichocarpa | 0.35 | ||
Populus balsamifera | 0.34 | ||
Balobo | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Balobo | Xanthophyllum excelsum | 0.67 | |
Balogo | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Balsa | Ochroma pyramidale syn. O. lagopus | 0.14 | 4 |
Balsa | Ochroma pyramidale | 0.14 | 4 |
Abies amabilis | 0.43 | ||
Abies balsamea | 0.35 | ||
Abies lasiocarpa | 0.32 | ||
Picea engelmannii | 0.35 | ||
Balsam cottonwood | Populus balsamifera | 0.34 | 1 |
Abies amabilis | 0.43 | ||
Balsam fir | Abies balsamea | 0.35 | 1 |
Abies lasiocarpa | 0.32 | ||
Balsamo | Myroxylon balsamum | 0.83 | 4 |
Balsamo | Protium decandrum | 0.54 | 4 |
Balsamo | Protium paraense | 0.56 | 4 |
Balsamo | Protium sagotianum | 0.56 | 4 |
Balsamo de Cayeput | Melaleuca leucadendron syn. M. quinquenervia | 0.72 | 4 |
Populus balsamifera | 0.34 | ||
Picea rubens | 0.40 | ||
Liquidambar styraciflua | 0.52 | ||
Liquidambar styraciflua | 0.52 | ||
Pinus sylvestris | 0.45 | ||
Pinus sylvestris | 0.45 | ||
Baltic redwood | Pinus sylvestris | 0.45 | 14 |
Baltic white pine | Picea abies | 0.43 | |
Baltic whitewood | Picea abies | 0.43 | |
Balugo | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Balugug | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Balui | Aglaia gigantea | 0.54 | |
Baluknit | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Balung ayam | Heritiera javanica | 0.65 | |
Balungai | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Triplochiton scleroxylon | 0.32 | ||
Ban pipal | Populus ciliata | 0.37 | |
Banabang-bugtung | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Banabang-dinglas | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Banabang-tinaan | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Banafat | Vitex cofassus | 0.67 | |
Banak | Iryanthera spp. | 0.58 | |
Banak | Virola koschnyi | 0.51 | |
Banak | Virola spp. | 0.45 | 2 |
Banak | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Bancolier | Aleurites moluccana | 0.14 | |
Bancoulier | Aleurites moluccana | 0.14 | |
Banderhola | Duabanga sonneratioides | 0.37 | |
Bang | Chlorophora excelsa | 0.70 | |
Bang nuoc | Terminalia procera | 0.54 | |
Shorea negrosensis | 0.59 | ||
Banghi | Chlorophora excelsa | 0.70 | |
Bangikat poplar | Populus ciliata | 0.37 | |
Bangkahasi | Koordersiodendron pinnatum | 0.71 | |
Bangkalari | Koordersiodendron pinnatum | 0.71 | |
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Bangluai | Pygeum turnerianum | 0.44 | |
Banidi | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Banig | Xanthophyllum excelsum | 0.67 | |
Bankalis | Tetramerista glabra | 0.73 | |
Khaya nyassica | 0.44 | ||
Bankile | Lophira alata | 0.94 | |
Pinus banksiana | 0.43 | ||
Pinus banksiana | 0.43 | ||
Bankulnussbaum | Aleurites moluccana | 0.14 | |
Banohoera | Vitex cofassus | 0.67 | |
Banzu | Piptadeniastrum africanum | 0.63 | |
Baoti | Anisoptera costata | 0.52 | |
Diospyros virginiana | 0.71 | ||
Barabu | Peltogyne porphyrocardia | 0.69 | |
Barabu | Peltogyne venosa | 0.69 | |
Barakbak | Xanthophyllum excelsum | 0.67 | |
Baramalli | Catostemma fragrans | 0.66 | |
Baraman | Catostemma fragrans | 0.66 | |
Baramanni | Catostemma fragrans | 0.66 | |
Barata | Pouteria izabalensis | 0.64 | |
Barauna | Schinopsis spp. | 1.21 | |
Barbachele | Vochysia ferruginea | 0.52 | |
Barbachele | Vochysia guianensis | 0.52 | |
Barba-chole | Vochysia guianensis | 0.52 | |
Barbara chele | Vochysia ferruginea | 0.52 | |
Barbara chele | Vochysia guianensis | 0.52 | |
Barbara chele | Vochysia lehmanni | 0.52 | |
Barbara Chele | Vochysia tomentosa | 0.52 | |
Barbo | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Barilla de agua | Micropholis guianensis | 0.67 | |
Baripung | Anisoptera costata | 0.52 | |
Barka locust | Byrsonima coriacea | 0.68 | |
Barka-locust | Byrsonima coriacea | 0.68 | |
Barobo | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Barolo | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Baromalli | Catostemma fragrans | 0.66 | |
Baroto | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Baru | Dipteryx odorata | 0.82 | |
Baruba | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Barubu | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Barujo | Dipteryx odorata | 0.82 | |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Basilan | Dipterocarpus basilanicus | 0.54 | |
Basilan apitong | Dipterocarpus basilanicus | 0.54 | |
Basinau | Aglaia gigantea | 0.54 | |
Basio | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Basit | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Fraxinus nigra | 0.49 | ||
Basket elm | Ulmus crassifolia | 0.62 | |
Basobo | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Basoeng | Anisoptera cochinchinensis | 0.52 | |
Pinus taeda | 0.51 | ||
Bassi | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Tilia americana | 0.37 | ||
Libocedrus decurrens | 0.37 | ||
Bastard cedar | Virola koschnyi | 0.51 | |
Celtis occidentalis | 0.53 | ||
Bastard lignum vitae | Tabebuia serratifolia | 0.99 | 4 |
Swietenia macrophylla | 0.47 | ||
Bastard mahogany | Mammea africana | 0.69 | |
Bastard pine | Pinus caribaea | 0.70 | |
Bastermopane | Guibourtia coleosperma | 0.66 | |
Bat | Excoecaria agallocha | 0.42 | |
Magnolia grandiflora | 0.50 | ||
Bat«Nigak«iy | Excoecaria agallocha | 0.42 | |
Bata kadapu | Mitragyna parvifolia | 0.59 | |
Bataan | Shorea negrosensis | 0.59 | 4 |
Batabanapu | Mitragyna parvifolia | 0.59 | |
Bataganapu | Mitragyna parvifolia | 0.59 | |
Astronium graveolens | 0.89 | ||
Astronium graveolens | 0.80 | ||
Hymenaea courbaril | 0.83 | ||
Batik | Erythrophloeum densiflorum | 0.68 | |
Batikalag | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Batitinan | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Batobato | Xanthophyllum excelsum | 0.67 | |
Batobatong-babae | Xanthophyllum excelsum | 0.67 | |
Triplochiton scleroxylon | 0.32 | ||
Bats souari | Caryocar villosum | 0.76 | |
Batukanag | Aglaia gigantea | 0.54 | |
Bauaobo | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Baule | Mansonia altissima | 0.55 | |
Baurai | Anisoptera costata | 0.52 | |
Astronium graveolens | 0.89 | ||
Astronium graveolens | 0.80 | ||
Umbellularia californica | 0.55 | ||
Bay mahogany | Swietenia mahagoni | 0.57 | |
Nyssa aquatica | 0.50 | ||
Baya | Mitragyna ciliata | 0.52 | |
Baya | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Terminalia superba | 0.40 | ||
Shorea negrosensis | 0.59 | ||
Baye | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bay laurel | Umbellularia californica | 0.55 | 3 |
Swietenia macrophylla | 0.47 | ||
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Bayott | Anisoptera curtisii | 0.52 | |
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Swietenia macrophylla | 0.47 | ||
Beach calophyllum | Calophyllum inophyllum | 0.55 | |
Beach she oak | Casuarina equisetifolia | 0.87 | |
Bead tree | Melia azedarach | 0.51 | |
Beadtree | Melia azedarach | 0.51 | |
Beauty leaf | Calophyllum inophyllum | 0.55 | |
Beay | Beilschmiedia mannii | 0.62 | |
Be-ay | Beilschmiedia mannii | 0.62 | |
Bebe | Dipterocarpus basilanicus | 0.54 | |
Bebe | Dipterocarpus grandiflorus | 0.68 | |
Bebe | Dipterocarpus warburgii | 0.53 | |
Bebe | Pterocarpus marsupium | 0.71 | 4 |
Bebe | Pterocarpus vernalis | 0.63 | |
Bebuta | Excoecaria agallocha | 0.42 | |
Becuiba | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Tilia americana | 0.37 | ||
Fagus grandifolia | 0.64 | ||
Beefwood | Casuarina equisetifolia | 0.87 | |
Beefwood | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Tilia americana | 0.37 | ||
Tilia americana | 0.37 | ||
Behetta champagam | Mesua ferrea | 0.92 | |
Behra | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Behru | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Be-ie | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Beiya | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Belandi | Cedrela toona | 0.47 | |
Belarbre | Mora excelsa | 0.89 | |
Bel-bel | Pinus insularis | 0.50 | |
Belengbe | Lophira alata | 0.94 | |
Belgaum walnut | Aleurites moluccana | 0.14 | |
Fraxinus excelsior | 0.58 | ||
Belian | Madhuca sp. | 0.97 | |
Belile | Melia azedarach | 0.51 | |
Swietenia macrophylla | 0.47 | ||
Bella | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Bella maria | Vochysia lehmanni | 0.52 | |
Bella Maria | Vochysia tomentosa | 0.52 | |
Bella rosa | Anisoptera curtisii | 0.52 | |
Belle-tu | Irvingia gabonensis | 0.76 | |
Bemoonba | Iryanthera spp. | 0.58 | |
Benchaloi | Anisoptera curtisii | 0.52 | |
Bendora | Intsia bijuga | 0.65 | |
Bengaris | Koompassia malaccensis | 0.76 | |
Benge | Guibourtia arnoldiana | 0.70 | 2 |
Benguet pine | Pinus insularis | 0.50 | |
Benin walnut | Lovoa trichiliodes | 0.46 | |
Benquet pine | Pinus insularis | 0.50 | |
Berangan | Castanopsis acuminatissima | 0.56 | |
Berau | Aleurites moluccana | 0.14 | |
Bere | Melia azedarach | 0.51 | |
Berembang bukit | Duabanga sonneratioides | 0.37 | |
Berg Gronfoeloe | Qualea paraensis | 0.58 | |
Bergek | Quercus petraea | 0.65 | |
Berlinia | Berlinia acuminata | 0.64 | |
Berniung | Koompassia malaccensis | 0.76 | |
Berua | Anisoptera costata | 0.52 | |
Beruni | Artocarpus hirsuta | 0.52 | |
Terminalia superba | 0.40 | ||
Beso | Vitex cofassus | 0.67 | |
Bete | Mansonia altissima | 0.55 | |
Bethabara | Tabebuia serratifolia | 0.99 | 4 |
Betis | Madhuca sp. | 0.97 | |
Betula alleghaniensis | 0.62 | ||
Beukenhout | Rapanea melanophleos | 0.74 | |
Bevu | Melia azedarach | 0.51 | |
Beya | Mitragyna ciliata | 0.52 | |
Beya | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Beyo | Afzelia bipindensis | 0.62 | |
Beyo | Afzelia pachyloba | 0.62 | |
Beyo | Afzelia quanzensis | 0.62 | |
Bharhul | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Bhera | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Bhiraa | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Bhirwa | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Bibolo | Lovoa trichiliodes | 0.46 | |
Bicuhyba | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Bicui | Iryanthera spp. | 0.58 | |
Bicuiba | Virola koschnyi | 0.51 | |
Bidi-tu | Beilschmiedia mannii | 0.62 | |
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Bi-eh | Piptadeniastrum africanum | 0.63 | |
Magnolia grandiflora | 0.50 | ||
Swietenia macrophylla | 0.47 | ||
Pinus lambertiana | 0.36 | ||
Pinus ponderosa | 0.40 | ||
Carya lacinosa | 0.69 | ||
Swietenia macrophylla | 0.47 | ||
Bigleaf maple | Acer macrophyllum | 0.48 | 1 |
Swietenia macrophylla | 0.47 | ||
Bigtooth aspen | Populus grandidentata | 0.39 | 1 |
Bihiri | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Bijasal | Pterocarpus marsupium | 0.71 | 4 |
Bijol-goch | Grewia elastica | 0.63 | |
Bilgu | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Bili devdari | Dysoxylum malabaricum | 0.62 | |
Bilinga | Afzelia quanzensis | 0.62 | |
Billu | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Liquidambar styraciflua | 0.52 | ||
Liquidambar styraciflua | 0.52 | ||
Fraxinus americana | 0.60 | ||
Fraxinus americana | 0.60 | ||
Bimla | Grewia elastica | 0.63 | |
Shorea negrosensis | 0.59 | ||
Bindang | Agathis borneensis | 0.41 | |
Bindang | Agathis philippinensis | 0.33 | |
Bintangor | Calophyllum inophyllum | 0.55 | |
Bintangor | Calophyllum tomentosum | 0.59 | |
Bios de fer | Pygeum africanum | 0.61 | |
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Biot | Sandoricum vidalii | 0.65 | |
Biotu | Calophyllum inophyllum | 0.55 | |
Betula alleghaniensis | 0.62 | ||
Betula lenta | 0.65 | ||
Betula papyrifera | 0.55 | ||
Birch | Betula sp. | 0.61 | |
Acer saccharum | 0.63 | ||
Pinus ponderosa | 0.40 | ||
Bitan | Melia azedarach | 0.51 | |
Bitanghol | Calophyllum inophyllum | 0.55 | |
Bitanghol | Calophyllum tomentosum | 0.59 | |
Bitaog | Calophyllum inophyllum | 0.55 | |
Bitaog | Calophyllum tomentosum | 0.59 | |
Bitehe | Beilschmiedia mannii | 0.62 | |
Bitehi | Beilschmiedia mannii | 0.62 | |
Biti | Vitex cofassus | 0.67 | |
Bitis | Madhuca sp. | 0.97 | |
Bitter Almond | Pygeum africanum | 0.61 | |
Bitter amandel | Pygeum africanum | 0.61 | |
Carya aquatica | 0.62 | ||
Carya illinoensis | 0.66 | ||
Carya aquatica | 0.62 | ||
Carya cordiformis | 0.66 | ||
Bitternut hickory | Carya cordiformis | 0.66 | 1 |
Bitum | Vitex cofassus | 0.67 | |
Bitum | Vitex parviflora | 0.68 | |
Biyuch | Calophyllum inophyllum | 0.55 | |
Biyuuch | Calophyllum inophyllum | 0.55 | |
Bjimbo | Mammea africana | 0.69 | |
Black afara | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Black alder | Alnus glutinosa | 0.41 | |
Fraxinus americana | 0.60 | ||
Black ash | Fraxinus nigra | 0.49 | 1 |
Black bark | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Betula alleghaniensis | 0.62 | ||
Betula lenta | 0.65 | ||
Betula papyrifera | 0.55 | ||
Black bully | Manilkara zapota | 0.71 | |
Black cherry | Prunus serotina | 0.50 | 1 |
Black cottonwood | Populus trichocarpa | 0.35 | 1 |
Taxodium distichum | 0.46 | ||
Albizia lebbeck | 0.54 | ||
Diospyros ebenum | 0.94 | ||
Nyssa aquatica | 0.50 | ||
Nyssa sylvatica | 0.50 | ||
Pinus ponderosa | 0.40 | ||
Black Kakaralli | Eschweilera sagotiana | 0.90 | |
Black kakeralli | Eschweilera sagotiana | 0.90 | |
Magnolia grandiflora | 0.50 | ||
Black locust | Robinia pseudoacacia | 0.69 | 1 |
Black manwood | Minquartia guianensis | 0.83 | |
Black maple | Acer nigrum | 0.57 | 1 |
Acer saccharum | 0.63 | ||
Black mora | Mora excelsa | 0.89 | |
Quercus coccinea | 0.67 | ||
Quercus kelloggii | 0.53 | ||
Quercus rubra | 0.63 | ||
Black Oak | Quercus velutina | 0.61 | 1 |
Pinus banksiana | 0.43 | ||
Pinus contorta | 0.41 | ||
Pinus ponderosa | 0.40 | ||
Black pine | Podocarpus neriifolia | 0.48 | |
Black sally | Acacia melanoxylon | 0.54 | |
Black spruce | Picea mariana | 0.42 | 1 |
Picea sitchensis | 0.40 | ||
Acer nigrum | 0.57 | ||
Black tupelo | Nyssa sylvatica | 0.50 | 1 |
Black varnish tree | Melanorrhoea spp. | 0.75 | |
Black walnut | Juglans nigra | 0.55 | 1 |
Black wattle | Acacia melanoxylon | 0.54 | |
Black willow | Salix alba | 0.38 | |
Black willow | Salix nigra | 0.39 | 1 |
Black-barked terminalia | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Pinus ponderosa | 0.40 | ||
Blackwood | Acacia melanoxylon | 0.54 | |
Bletui | Mammea africana | 0.69 | |
Bletune | Mammea africana | 0.69 | |
Blie | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Terminalia superba | 0.40 | ||
Turraeanthus africanus | 0.51 | ||
Turraeanthus africanus | 0.51 | ||
Liquidambar styraciflua | 0.52 | ||
Liquidambar styraciflua | 0.52 | ||
Abies balsamea | 0.35 | ||
Acer saccharum | 0.63 | ||
Bloodwood | Brosimum rubescens | 0.96 | 16 |
Bloodwood | Pterocarpus angolensis | 0.59 | 14 |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | 0.56 | ||
Blue ash | Fraxinus quadrangulata | 0.58 | 1 |
Blue beech | Carpinus caroliniana | 0.64 | |
Pseudotsuga menziesii | 0.48 | ||
Blue gum | Eucalyptus tereticornis | 0.82 | |
Quercus macrocarpa | 0.64 | ||
Liriodendron tulipifera | 0.42 | ||
Blue spruce | Picea glauca | 0.36 | 3 |
Bo | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Diospyros virginiana | 0.71 | ||
Bobang | Chlorophora excelsa | 0.70 | |
Bobbie manja | Mangifera indica | 0.53 | |
Bobich | Cedrela toona | 0.47 | |
Bobo | Irvingia gabonensis | 0.76 | |
Boboi | Irvingia gabonensis | 0.76 | |
Boborae | Irvingia gabonensis | 0.76 | |
Boborau | Irvingia gabonensis | 0.76 | |
Boborou | Irvingia gabonensis | 0.76 | |
Boboru | Irvingia gabonensis | 0.76 | |
Bocachico | Piptadeniastrum africanum | 0.63 | |
Bocapi | Staudtia stipitata | 0.79 | |
Bodare | Maclura pomifera | 0.72 | |
Bodark | Maclura pomifera | 0.72 | |
Bodo | Mitragyna ciliata | 0.52 | |
Bodock | Maclura pomifera | 0.72 | |
Bodua | Mansonia altissima | 0.55 | |
Boei | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Boeji mahonie | Loxopterygium sagotii | 0.62 | |
Boepasa | Vitex cofassus | 0.67 | |
Boesi mahonie | Loxopterygium sagotii | 0.62 | |
Boeti | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Boewah kareh | Aleurites moluccana | 0.14 | |
Picea mariana | 0.42 | ||
Bogamani | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Bogo | Beilschmiedia mannii | 0.62 | |
Boh | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Bohun | Cordia alliodora | 0.51 | |
Boilam | Swintonia sp. | 0.62 | |
Bois agouti | Minquartia guianensis | 0.83 | |
Buxus sempervirens | 0.83 | ||
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Bois corne | Byrsonima coriacea | 0.68 | |
Bois cruseau | Vochysia guianensis | 0.52 | |
Bois d'amande | Hieronyma alchorneoides | 0.58 | |
Bois d'arc | Maclura pomifera | 0.72 | |
Bois de coumarouna | Dipteryx odorata | 0.82 | |
Hymenaea courbaril | 0.83 | ||
Hymenaea courbaril | 0.83 | ||
Hymenaea courbaril | 0.83 | ||
Bois de fer | Casuarina equisetifolia | 0.87 | |
Bois de Rhodes | Cordia alliodora | 0.51 | |
Bois de rose | Aniba duckei | 0.56 | |
Dalbergia frutescens | 1.02 | ||
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Hymenaea courbaril | 0.83 | ||
Bois de vin | Hieronyma alchorneoides | 0.58 | |
Tabebuia serratifolia | 0.99 | ||
Tabebuia serratifolia | 0.99 | ||
Hura crepitans | 0.40 | ||
Bois macaque | Marmaroxylon racemosum | 1.07 | |
Bois pourpre | Peltogyne venosa | 0.69 | |
Bois puurpre | Peltogyne porphyrocardia | 0.69 | |
Bois rouge | Melia azedarach | 0.51 | |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Bois serpent | Marmaroxylon racemosum | 1.07 | |
Bois soumis | Cordia alliodora | 0.51 | |
Bois tan | Byrsonima coriacea | 0.68 | |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Bois violet | Peltogyne porphyrocardia | 0.69 | |
Bois voilet | Peltogyne venosa | 0.69 | |
Bois zebra | Marmaroxylon racemosum | 1.07 | |
Bojep | Irvingia gabonensis | 0.76 | |
Bojon | Cordia alliodora | 0.51 | |
Bok bok | Xanthophyllum excelsum | 0.67 | |
Bokapi | Staudtia stipitata | 0.79 | |
Bokenyama | Morus mesozygia | 0.71 | |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Bokoka | Lophira alata | 0.94 | |
Bokoli | Mammea africana | 0.69 | |
Bokombo | Musanga cecropioides | 0.23 | |
Terminalia superba | 0.40 | ||
Bokonge | Millettia laurentii | 0.81 | 14 |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Bokuibe | Musanga cecropioides | 0.23 | |
Bokundu | Piptadeniastrum africanum | 0.63 | |
Bokungo | Piptadeniastrum africanum | 0.63 | |
Bokungu | Piptadeniastrum africanum | 0.63 | |
Bolador | Terminalia amazonia | 0.76 | |
Bolato | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Bolengo | Afzelia bipindensis | 0.62 | |
Bolengo | Afzelia pachyloba | 0.62 | |
Boliki | Mammea africana | 0.69 | |
Bolletri | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Bolletrie | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Bolo | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Bomanga | Brachystegia laurentii | 0.57 | |
Bombax | Bombax chevalieri | 0.51 | |
Bombay white cedar | Dysoxylum malabaricum | 0.62 | |
Bombulu | Lovoa trichiliodes | 0.46 | |
Bomitel blanco | Cordia alliodora | 0.51 | |
Bompegya | Mammea africana | 0.69 | |
Bona | Morus mesozygia | 0.71 | |
Bona | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bondu | Didelotia brevipaniculata | 0.54 | |
Bongola | Morus mesozygia | 0.71 | |
Bongossi | Lophira alata | 0.94 | |
Boniatillo | Phoebe elongata | 0.62 | |
Bonkese | Morus mesozygia | 0.71 | |
Bonkole | Lophira alata | 0.94 | |
Bonkonko | Antiaris toxicaria | 0.35 | |
Bonsum | Phoebe hainesiana | 0.43 | |
Pometia pinnata | 0.60 | ||
Bonyor | Poga oleosa | 0.39 | |
Bonzale | Beilschmiedia mannii | 0.62 | |
Bonzo | Chlorophora excelsa | 0.70 | |
Boonnak | Mesua ferrea | 0.92 | |
Bopala | Irvingia gabonensis | 0.76 | |
Bope | Staudtia stipitata | 0.79 | |
Bope bambale | Staudtia stipitata | 0.79 | |
Bopi-le | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Borneo camphorwood | Dryobalanops lanceolata | 0.69 | |
Borneo keruing | Dipterocarpus warburgii | 0.53 | |
Borneo rosewood | Melanorrhoea spp. | 0.75 | |
Borneo teak | Intsia bijuga | 0.65 | |
Borneo teak | Intsia palembanica | 0.65 | |
Borneo yacal | Hopea odorata | 0.63 | |
Boroua | Mansonia altissima | 0.55 | |
Borowe | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Bosasa | Staudtia stipitata | 0.79 | |
Boshi swa | Alnus nepalensis | 0.26 | |
Bosneak | Mesua ferrea | 0.92 | |
Bosnian maple | Acer platanus | 0.54 | |
Bossengue | Musanga cecropioides | 0.23 | |
Bossi | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bostamarinde | Marmaroxylon racemosum | 1.07 | |
Bosulu | Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | 4 |
Shorea negrosensis | 0.59 | ||
Boti | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Botrie | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | 0.64 | ||
Bouchi-caju | Anacardium excelsum | 0.33 | |
Boumbia | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bouna | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bourafete | Mitragyna ciliata | 0.52 | |
Bouri | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Bousi tamarin | Marmaroxylon racemosum | 1.07 | |
Bow wood | Maclura pomifera | 0.72 | |
Tabebuia serratifolia | 0.99 | ||
Nyssa aquatica | 0.50 | ||
Tabebuia serratifolia | 0.99 | ||
Box | Buxus sempervirens | 0.83 | 13 |
Boxelder | Acer negundo | 0.45 | 2 |
Boxwood | Buxus sempervirens | 0.83 | 13 |
Cornus florida | 0.72 | ||
Boxwood | Gonioma kamassi | 0.85 | |
Boxwood maracaibo | Gossypiospermum praecox | 0.77 | |
Boza | Mammea africana | 0.69 | |
Abies balsamea | 0.35 | ||
Bragba | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Brauna | Schinopsis spp. | 1.21 | |
Araucaria angustifolia | 0.49 | ||
Brazilian cedar | Cedrela odorata | 0.39 | 4 |
Brazilian Cherry | Hymenaea courbaril | 0.83 | 16 |
Bowdichia spp | 0.80 | ||
Diplotropis purpurea | 0.84 | ||
Brazilian ebony | Swartzia leiocalycina | 1 | 4 |
Hymenaea courbaril | 0.83 | ||
Brazilian mahogany | Plathymenia reticulata | 0.56 | 13 |
Swietenia macrophylla | 0.47 | ||
Platymiscium pinnatum | 0.87 | ||
Araucaria angustifolia | 0.49 | ||
Brazilian Rosewood | Dalbergia nigra | 0.84 | 2 |
Dalbergia frutescens | 1.02 | ||
Plathymenia reticulata | 0.56 | ||
Plathymenia reticulata | 0.56 | ||
Brazillian Oak | Amburana cearensis | 0.58 | 4 |
Couratari pulchra | 0.53 | ||
Couratari guianensis | 0.53 | ||
Tabebuia serratifolia | 0.99 | ||
Breiapfel | Manilkara zapota | 0.71 | |
Breu manga | Tetragastris altissima | 0.74 | |
Breu preto | Tetragastris altissima | 0.74 | |
Breugrande | Tetragastris altissima | 0.74 | |
Brewer oak | Quercus garryanna | 0.68 | |
Brimstone-wood | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Pinus ponderosa | 0.40 | ||
Thuja plicata | 0.32 | ||
Tsuga heterophylla | 0.45 | ||
Pseudotsuga menziesii | 0.48 | ||
Thuja plicata | 0.32 | ||
Tsuga heterophylla | 0.45 | ||
Pseudotsuga menziesii | 0.48 | ||
British elm | Ulmus procera | 0.53 | 13 |
British Guiana cedar | Cedrela odorata | 0.39 | 4 |
British Honduras cedar | Cedrela odorata | 0.39 | 4 |
British Honduras pitch pine | Pinus caribaea | 0.70 | |
British Honduras yellowwood | Podocarpus guatemalensis | 0.54 | |
Swietenia macrophylla | 0.47 | ||
Broad leaved peppermint | Eucalyptus dives | 0.68 | |
Broadleaf | Terminalia guyanensis | 0.60 | |
Acer macrophyllum | 0.48 | ||
Swietenia macrophylla | 0.47 | ||
Bro-kpah | Homalium dolicophyllum | 0.63 | |
Brown African padauk | Pterocarpus angolensis | 0.59 | 14 |
Fraxinus nigra | 0.49 | ||
Brown oak | Quercus petraea | 0.65 | |
Brown silverballi | Cordia alliodora | 0.51 | |
Brown-top stringy bark | Eucalyptus obliqua | 0.68 | 14 |
Eucalyptus obliqua | 0.68 | ||
Brunswick spruce | Picea glauca | 0.36 | 3 |
Brush Box | Tristania decorticata | 1.03 | |
Btaches | Calophyllum inophyllum | 0.55 | |
Buah keras | Aleurites moluccana | 0.14 | |
Guibourtia arnoldiana | 0.70 | ||
Bubinga | Guibourtia demeusei | 0.72 | 14 |
Guibourtia ehie | 0.71 | ||
Bubinga | Guibourtia pellegriniana | 0.80 | 13 |
Bubinga | Guibourtia tessmannii | 0.80 | 13 |
Bubu | Pinus insularis | 0.50 | |
Taxodium distichum | 0.46 | ||
Buckeye | Aesculus octandra | 0.24 | |
Bucuiba | Virola surinamensis | 0.51 | |
Bufoki | Staudtia stipitata | 0.79 | |
Bug'aom | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Bug'arom | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Buguarom | Lagerstroemia piriformis | 0.67 | |
Buhanan | Heritiera javanica | 0.65 | |
Buis d'Amerique | Gossypiospermum praecox | 0.77 | |
Bukao | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Bukundu | Piptadeniastrum africanum | 0.63 | |
Bul-bul | Pinus insularis | 0.50 | |
Pinus ponderosa | 0.40 | ||
Magnolia grandiflora | 0.50 | ||
Bulletwood | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Bully | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Bully tree | Manilkara bidentata | 0.95 | |
Bullywood | Terminalia amazonia | 0.76 | |
Bulokossa | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Buma | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Buna | Terminalia ivorensis | 0.54 | |
Cornus florida | 0.72 | ||
Shorea negrosensis | 0.59 | ||
Bunnark | Mesua ferrea | 0.92 | |
Bunya bunya | Araucaria cunninghamii | 0.44 | 3 |
Bur Oak | Quercus macrocarpa | 0.64 | 1 |
Burak | Canangium odoratum | 0.28 | |
Burm | Cedrela toona | 0.47 | |
Burma cedar | Cedrela toona | 0.47 | |
Burma padauk | Pterocarpus macrocarpus | 0.79 | 3 |
Burokossa | Mitragyna stipulosa | 0.53 | |
Buru | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Burus | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Burusang | Diplodiscus paniculatus | 0.62 | |
Buruta | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Burutu | Chloroxylon swietenia | 0.88 | |
Triplochiton scleroxylon | 0.32 | ||
Bush oak | Chlorophora excelsa | 0.70 | |
Bush teak | Chlorophora excelsa | 0.70 | |
Buta-buta | Excoecaria agallocha | 0.42 | |
Buta-kadambe | Mitragyna parvifolia | 0.59 | |
Butternut | Juglans cinerea | 0.38 | 1 |
Diospyros virginiana | 0.71 | ||
Platanus occidentalis | 0.49 | ||
Platanus occidentalis | 0.49 | ||
Platanus occidentalis | 0.49 | ||
Buttonwood | Acer pseudoplatanus | 0.57 | 13 |
Platanus occidentalis | 0.49 | ||
Butungan | Xanthophyllum excelsum | 0.67 | |
Butusu | Tieghemella heckelii | 0.60 | |
Butwiome | Musanga cecropioides | 0.23 | |
Bwagashanga | Chlorophora excelsa | 0.70 | |
Millettia laurentii | 0.81 |
Footnotes:
* Legal disclaimer:
Wagner has compiled species’ average specific gravity (SG) values (wood volume at 12% moisture content (MC) and oven-dry weight) from industry-accepted 3rd-party sources (USDA Forest Products Laboratory as an example) and provides this list for free with no implied warranty. Where an SG value listed in Wagner Meters’ manuals or website has been verified by Wagner, this is indicated as such, and not indicated as verified if a verification process has not been completed by Wagner for that species. Wagner is not responsible for any 3rd-party oversights or errors in their (the 3rd-parties) published SG values.
Where no published average SG value could be found for a species for the wood volume at 12% MC and oven-dry weight basis, Wagner has derived the proper SG value through a robust algorithm (see detailed explanation below under the heading ‘Specific Gravity (SG) Values of Wood and Their Referenced Moisture Content’).
Specific Gravity (SG) Values of Wood and Their Referenced Moisture Content
Wagner Meters’ moisture meters’ species settings are calibrated to wood samples that are at a nominal 12% moisture content (MC). It should also be recognized that the measurement accuracy of non-pin wood moisture meters is almost solely dependent on wood density; that is because wood species that have differing wood density but the same absolute amount of water will have different MC values because the definition of MC is the ratio of water weight to wood weight. Some online and other technical references that cite specific gravity (SG) values for different wood species list the SG when the wood is a different MC other than 12%. For example, some SG values listed are the values when the wood is dried all the way down to where the MC is actually zero. Other listed values are when the wood is “green” at perhaps 80% MC or even higher.
The reason that it matters what the MC was when the SG was determined is that the volume of a wood sample will shrink when it is dried down from high MC values to lower MC values. So as the volume of the wood sample shrinks, the density (SG) of the wood increases because the formula for the wood density is the weight of the wood sample divided by the volume of the wood sample, or more simply the ratio of the weight of the wood to its volume. As the weight stays the same during shrinkage, the volume decreases. Online and other references will not only provide SG values at some specific MC but also their “shrinkage ratio”. The shrinkage ratio is defined to be the percent of the volume of the wood that shrinks per decrease in MC value. For instance, one might see a 2% shrinkage ratio which means that for every 1% drop in MC the wood will shrink by 2% of its volume.
Wagner chose to calibrate its meters at a nominal 12% MC because this is close to where most wood will be in service and will be measured by our meters. Therefore we publish SG values for wood species to be used by our meters that correlate to a 12% MC value. Since online and other references publish SG values at sometimes 0% MC or “green” MC, you will often see different values online than what we publish. We correct these published values by applying correction factors based on MC at referenced SG values and shrinkage ratio published values. It should be noted that a wood sample will not begin shrinking significantly until the MC drops below fiber saturation point, which is generally between 28% and 32%, so we use 30% as the average fiber saturation point.
As an example, let’s say we have a published SG value of 0.50 referenced to 0% MC with a shrinkage ratio of 0.1% of volume per percent MC. We want to convert to an SG value referenced to 12% MC. A sample at 12 % MC will be 1.2% larger in volume (swells 12 * 0.1%). Since 0.50 equals the weight of the sample divided by volume, we now know the volume will actually be 1.2% larger, so the SG should be adjusted by a factor of 1 divided by (1 + 1.2%) or 1 divided by (1.012) = 0.50/1.012 = 0.49). So, in this specific case, the 12 % MC referenced SG value will be slightly less than the published value referenced at 0% MC.