Janka Hardness Scale
Janka hardness measurements reflect the number of pounds pressure it takes
to press a .444" diameter steel ball, to it's maximum diameter, 
into a vertical sawn section of wood.

Wood Variety

  sorted by
Hardness
Macassar Ebony 3220
Osage-Orange 2500
Screwbean Mesquite 2335
Persimmon 2300
Dogwood 2150
Ohia 2090
Hop Hornbeam 1860
Pecan 1820
Shagbark Hickory 1820
Hornbeam 1780
Apple 1730
Almond  1700
Black Locust 1700
Honey Locust 1580
Witch Hazel 1530
Orientalwood 1480
Bastogne Walnut 1460
Madrone 1460
Rosewood 1450
Sugar Maple 1450
Cuban Mahogany 1430
Tanoak 1400
African Mahogany 1350
White Ash 1320
Beech 1300
Myrtlewood 1270
Yellow Birch 1260
English Walnut 1200
Green Ash 1200
Pacific Yew 1150
Koa 1110
Cascara 1040
Southern Magnolia 1020
American Black Walnut 1010
Claro Walnut 950
Black Cherry 950
Imbuya 950
Sourwood 940
Eastern Red Cedar 900
Hackberry 880
Longleaf Pine 875
Rock Elm 860
Slippery Elm 860
Bigleaf Maple 850
Black Ash 850
Tropical American Mahogany 845
American Elm 830
Western Larch 830
Red Lauan 825
Sycamore 770
Port Orford Cedar 720
Silver Maple 700
White Lauan 690
Douglas Fir 685
Sassafras 630
Tamarack 590
Northern Catalpa 550
American Chestnut 540
Yellow Poplar 540
Bald Cypress 510
Butternut 490
Redwood 480
Black Willow 420
Basswood 410
Yellow Buckeye 350
Aspen 350

 

sorted by
Wood Variety

 Hardness
African Mahogany 1350
Almond  1700
American Black Walnut 1010
American Chestnut 540
American Elm 830
Apple 1730
Aspen 350
Bald Cypress 510
Basswood 410
Bastogne Walnut 1460
Beech 1300
Bigleaf Maple 850
Black Ash 850
Black Cherry 950
Black Locust 1700
Black Willow 420
Butternut 490
Cascara 1040
Claro Walnut 950
Cuban Mahogany 1430
Dogwood 2150
Douglas Fir 685
Eastern Red Cedar 900
English Walnut 1200
Green Ash 1200
Hackberry 880
Honey Locust 1580
Hop Hornbeam 1860
Hornbeam 1780
Imbuya 950
Koa 1110
Longleaf Pine 875
Macassar Ebony 3220
Madrone 1460
Myrtlewood 1270
Northern Catalpa 550
Ohia 2090
Orientalwood 1480
Osage-Orange 2500
Pacific Yew 1150
Pecan 1820
Persimmon 2300
Port Orford Cedar 720
Red Lauan 825
Redwood 480
Rock Elm 860
Rosewood 1450
Sassafras 630
Screwbean Mesquite 2335
Shagbark Hickory 1820
Silver Maple 700
Slippery Elm 860
Sourwood 940
Southern Magnolia 1020
Sugar Maple 1450
Sycamore 770
Tamarack 590
Tanoak 1400
Tropical American Mahogany 845
Western Larch 830
White Ash 1320
White Lauan 690
Witch Hazel 1530
Yellow Birch 1260
Yellow Buckeye 350
Yellow Poplar 540