Janka hardness scale: 155 woods ranked

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Pounds-force (lbf) and newtons (N), side hardness at 12% moisture content.

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#	Wood	Janka, lbf	Newtons	vs red oak
1	IpeTabebuia spp. (lapacho group)SG 0.92 · 13.2% shrinkage	3,680	16,369	285%
2	MarishballiLicania spp.SG 0.88 · 17.2% shrinkage	3,570	15,880	277%
3	ManbarklakEschweilera spp.SG 0.87 · 15.9% shrinkage	3,480	15,480	270%
4	AzobeLophira alataSG 0.87 · 17.0% shrinkage	3,350	14,902	260%
5	BulletwoodManilkara bidentataSG 0.85 · 16.9% shrinkage	3,190	14,190	247%
6	Indian rosewoodDalbergia latifoliaSG 0.75 · 8.5% shrinkage	3,170	14,101	246%
7	MacawoodPlatymiscium spp.SG 0.94 · 6.5% shrinkage	3,150	14,012	244%
8	KaneelhartLicaria spp.SG 0.96 · 12.5% shrinkage	2,900	12,900	225%
9	Brazilian rosewoodDalbergia nigraSG 0.80 · 8.5% shrinkage	2,720	12,099	211%
10	BubingaGuibourtia spp.SG 0.71 · 14.2% shrinkage	2,690	11,966	209%
11	Tropical oak (roble)Quercus spp.SG 0.76 · 18.5% shrinkage	2,500	11,121	194%
12	CourbarilHymenaea courbarilSG 0.71 · 12.7% shrinkage	2,350	10,453	182%
13	GreenheartChlorocardium rodieiSG 0.80 · 17.1% shrinkage	2,350	10,453	182%
14	MoraMora spp.SG 0.78 · 18.8% shrinkage	2,300	10,231	178%
15	Goncalo alvesAstronium graveolensSG 0.84 · 10.0% shrinkage	2,160	9,608	167%
16	Pignut hickoryCarya glabraSG 0.66 · 17.9% shrinkage	2,140	9,519	166%
17	SucupiraDiplotropis purpureaSG 0.78 · 11.8% shrinkage	2,140	9,519	166%
18	KarriEucalyptus diversicolorSG 0.82 · 20.2% shrinkage	2,040	9,074	158%
19	Mockernut hickoryCarya tomentosaSG 0.64 · 17.8% shrinkage	1,970	8,763	153%
20	DegameCalycophyllum candidissimumSG 0.67 · 13.2% shrinkage	1,940	8,630	150%
21	JarrahEucalyptus marginataSG 0.67 · 18.7% shrinkage	1,910	8,496	148%
22	Shagbark hickoryCarya ovataSG 0.64 · 16.7% shrinkage	1,880	8,363	146%
23	PurpleheartPeltogyne spp.SG 0.67 · 9.9% shrinkage	1,860	8,274	144%
24	Shellbark hickoryCarya laciniosaSG 0.62 · 19.2% shrinkage	1,810	8,051	140%
25	AngelinAndira inermisSG 0.65 · 12.5% shrinkage	1,750	7,784	136%
26	BengeGuibourtia arnoldianaSG 0.65 · 13.8% shrinkage	1,750	7,784	136%
27	Peroba rosaAspidosperma spp. (peroba group)SG 0.66 · 11.6% shrinkage	1,730	7,695	134%
28	Para-angelimHymenolobium excelsumSG 0.63 · 10.2% shrinkage	1,720	7,651	133%
29	PiquiaCaryocar spp.SG 0.72 · 13.0% shrinkage	1,720	7,651	133%
30	KempasKoompassia malaccensisSG 0.71 · 14.5% shrinkage	1,710	7,606	133%
31	Black locustRobinia pseudoacaciaSG 0.66 · 10.2% shrinkage	1,700	7,562	132%
32	PilonHyeronima spp.SG 0.65 · 17.0% shrinkage	1,700	7,562	132%
33	OpepeNauclea diderrichiiSG 0.63 · 12.6% shrinkage	1,630	7,251	126%
34	Peroba de camposParatecoma perobaSG 0.62 · 10.5% shrinkage	1,600	7,117	124%
35	HoneylocustGleditsia triacanthosSG 0.60 · 10.8% shrinkage	1,580	7,028	122%
36	AfrormosiaPericopsis elataSG 0.61 · 10.7% shrinkage	1,560	6,939	121%
37	Pin oakQuercus palustrisSG 0.58 · 14.5% shrinkage	1,510	6,717	117%
38	SapeleEntandrophragma cylindricumSG 0.55 · 14.0% shrinkage	1,510	6,717	117%
39	Sweet birchBetula lentaSG 0.60 · 15.6% shrinkage	1,470	6,539	114%
40	Willow oakQuercus phellosSG 0.56 · 18.9% shrinkage	1,460	6,494	113%
41	Sugar mapleAcer saccharumSG 0.56 · 14.7% shrinkage	1,450	6,450	112%
42	SepetirPseudosindora palustrisSG 0.56 · 10.5% shrinkage	1,410	6,272	109%
43	Scarlet oakQuercus coccineaSG 0.60 · 14.7% shrinkage	1,400	6,228	109%
44	Bur oakQuercus macrocarpaSG 0.58 · 12.7% shrinkage	1,370	6,094	106%
45	Post oakQuercus stellataSG 0.60 · 16.2% shrinkage	1,360	6,050	105%
46	White oakQuercus albaSG 0.60 · 16.3% shrinkage	1,360	6,050	105%
47	Rock elmUlmus thomasiiSG 0.57 · 14.9% shrinkage	1,320	5,872	102%
48	White ashFraxinus americanaSG 0.55 · 13.3% shrinkage	1,320	5,872	102%
49	American beechFagus grandifoliaSG 0.56 · 17.2% shrinkage	1,300	5,783	101%
50	RaminGonystylus bancanusSG 0.52 · 13.4% shrinkage	1,300	5,783	101%
51	AngeliqueDicorynia guianensisSG 0.60 · 14.0% shrinkage	1,290	5,738	100%
52	MersawaAnisoptera spp.SG 0.52 · 14.6% shrinkage	1,290	5,738	100%
53	Northern red oakQuercus rubraSG 0.56 · 13.7% shrinkage	1,290	5,738	100%
54	KeruingDipterocarpus spp.SG 0.69 · 16.1% shrinkage	1,270	5,649	98%
55	IrokoChlorophora spp. (C. excelsa and C. regia)SG 0.54 · 8.8% shrinkage	1,260	5,605	98%
56	Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensisSG 0.55 · 16.8% shrinkage	1,260	5,605	98%
57	Caribbean pinePinus caribaeaSG 0.68 · 12.9% shrinkage	1,240	5,516	96%
58	Swamp chestnut oakQuercus michauxiiSG 0.60 · 16.4% shrinkage	1,240	5,516	96%
59	KapurDryobalanops spp.SG 0.64 · 14.8% shrinkage	1,230	5,471	95%
60	Black oakQuercus velutinaSG 0.56 · 15.1% shrinkage	1,210	5,382	94%
61	Laurel oakQuercus laurifoliaSG 0.56 · 19.0% shrinkage	1,210	5,382	94%
62	Green ashFraxinus pennsylvanicaSG 0.53 · 12.5% shrinkage	1,200	5,338	93%
63	Overcup oakQuercus lyrataSG 0.57 · 16.0% shrinkage	1,190	5,293	92%
64	Water oakQuercus nigraSG 0.56 · 16.1% shrinkage	1,190	5,293	92%
65	Black mapleAcer nigrumSG 0.52 · 14.0% shrinkage	1,180	5,249	91%
66	Oregon ashFraxinus latifoliaSG 0.50 · 13.2% shrinkage	1,160	5,160	90%
67	AndirobaCarapa guianensisSG 0.54 · 10.4% shrinkage	1,130	5,026	88%
68	Chestnut oakQuercus prinusSG 0.57 · 16.4% shrinkage	1,130	5,026	88%
69	ManniSymphonia globuliferaSG 0.58 · 15.6% shrinkage	1,120	4,982	87%
70	AvodireTurraeanthus africanusSG 0.48 · 12.0% shrinkage	1,080	4,804	84%
71	Southern red oakQuercus falcataSG 0.52 · 16.1% shrinkage	1,060	4,715	82%
72	AlbarcoCariniana spp.SG 0.48 · 9.0% shrinkage	1,020	4,537	79%
73	Southern magnoliaMagnolia grandifloraSG 0.46 · 12.3% shrinkage	1,020	4,537	79%
74	Black walnutJuglans nigraSG 0.51 · 12.8% shrinkage	1,010	4,493	78%
75	TeakTectona grandisSG 0.55 · 7.0% shrinkage	1,000	4,448	78%
76	RobleTabebuia spp. (roble group)SG 0.52 · 9.5% shrinkage	960	4,270	74%
77	Black cherryPrunus serotinaSG 0.47 · 11.5% shrinkage	950	4,226	74%
78	Red mapleAcer rubrumSG 0.49 · 12.6% shrinkage	950	4,226	74%
79	Ocote pinePinus oocarpaSG 0.55 · 12.3% shrinkage	910	4,048	71%
80	Paper birchBetula papyriferaSG 0.48 · 16.2% shrinkage	910	4,048	71%
81	SandeBrosimum spp. (utile group)SG 0.49 · 13.6% shrinkage	900	4,003	70%
82	HackberryCeltis occidentalisSG 0.49 · 13.8% shrinkage	880	3,914	68%
83	Water tupeloNyssa aquaticaSG 0.46 · 12.5% shrinkage	880	3,914	68%
84	Longleaf pinePinus palustrisSG 0.54 · 12.2% shrinkage	870	3,870	67%
85	Slippery elmUlmus rubraSG 0.48 · 13.8% shrinkage	860	3,825	67%
86	Bigleaf mapleAcer macrophyllumSG 0.44 · 11.6% shrinkage	850	3,781	66%
87	Black ashFraxinus nigraSG 0.45 · 15.2% shrinkage	850	3,781	66%
88	SweetgumLiquidambar styracifluaSG 0.46 · 15.8% shrinkage	850	3,781	66%
89	African mahoganyKhaya spp.SG 0.42 · 8.8% shrinkage	830	3,692	64%
90	American elmUlmus americanaSG 0.46 · 14.6% shrinkage	830	3,692	64%
91	Western larchLarix occidentalisSG 0.48 · 14.0% shrinkage	830	3,692	64%
92	Black tupeloNyssa sylvaticaSG 0.46 · 14.4% shrinkage	810	3,603	63%
93	MahoganySwietenia macrophyllaSG 0.45 · 7.8% shrinkage	800	3,559	62%
94	Dark red merantiShorea spp. (lauan-meranti group)SG 0.46 · 13.1% shrinkage	780	3,470	60%
95	Parana-pineAraucaria angustifoliaSG 0.46 · 11.6% shrinkage	780	3,470	60%
96	American sycamorePlatanus occidentalisSG 0.46 · 14.1% shrinkage	770	3,425	60%
97	Yellow merantiShorea spp. (lauan-meranti group)SG 0.46 · 10.4% shrinkage	770	3,425	60%
98	Virginia pinePinus virginianaSG 0.45 · 11.9% shrinkage	740	3,292	57%
99	Douglas-fir (Coast)Pseudotsuga menziesiiSG 0.45 · 12.4% shrinkage	710	3,158	55%
100	CucumbertreeMagnolia acuminataSG 0.44 · 13.6% shrinkage	700	3,114	54%
101	Silver mapleAcer saccharinumSG 0.44 · 12.0% shrinkage	700	3,114	54%
102	Loblolly pinePinus taedaSG 0.47 · 12.3% shrinkage	690	3,069	53%
103	Shortleaf pinePinus echinataSG 0.47 · 12.3% shrinkage	690	3,069	53%
104	Mountain hemlockTsuga mertensianaSG 0.42 · 11.1% shrinkage	680	3,025	53%
105	DetermaOcotea rubraSG 0.52 · 10.4% shrinkage	660	2,936	51%
106	Douglas-fir (Interior West)Pseudotsuga menziesiiSG 0.46 · 11.8% shrinkage	660	2,936	51%
107	PrimaveraTabebuia donnell-smithiiSG 0.40 · 9.1% shrinkage	660	2,936	51%
108	CativoPrioria copaiferaSG 0.40 · 8.9% shrinkage	630	2,802	49%
109	Port-Orford-cedarChamaecyparis lawsonianaSG 0.39 · 10.1% shrinkage	630	2,802	49%
110	IlombaPycnanthus angolensisSG 0.40 · 12.8% shrinkage	610	2,713	47%
111	Douglas-fir (Interior North)Pseudotsuga menziesiiSG 0.45 · 10.7% shrinkage	600	2,669	47%
112	Spanish-cedarCedrela spp.SG 0.41 · 10.3% shrinkage	600	2,669	47%
113	Red alderAlnus rubraSG 0.37 · 12.6% shrinkage	590	2,624	46%
114	TamarackLarix laricinaSG 0.49 · 13.6% shrinkage	590	2,624	46%
115	Yellow-cedarChamaecyparis nootkatensisSG 0.42 · 9.2% shrinkage	580	2,580	45%
116	Jack pinePinus banksianaSG 0.40 · 10.3% shrinkage	570	2,535	44%
117	Red pinePinus resinosaSG 0.41 · 11.3% shrinkage	560	2,491	43%
118	HuraHura crepitansSG 0.38 · 7.3% shrinkage	550	2,447	43%
119	American chestnutCastanea dentataSG 0.40 · 11.6% shrinkage	540	2,402	42%
120	Western hemlockTsuga heterophyllaSG 0.42 · 12.4% shrinkage	540	2,402	42%
121	Yellow-poplarLiriodendron tulipiferaSG 0.40 · 12.7% shrinkage	540	2,402	42%
122	Black sprucePicea marianaSG 0.38 · 11.3% shrinkage	530	2,358	41%
123	BanakVirola spp.SG 0.42 · 13.7% shrinkage	510	2,269	40%
124	Sitka sprucePicea sitchensisSG 0.37 · 11.5% shrinkage	510	2,269	40%
125	California red firAbies magnificaSG 0.36 · 11.4% shrinkage	500	2,224	39%
126	Eastern hemlockTsuga canadensisSG 0.38 · 9.7% shrinkage	500	2,224	39%
127	ButternutJuglans cinereaSG 0.36 · 10.6% shrinkage	490	2,180	38%
128	Grand firAbies grandisSG 0.35 · 11.0% shrinkage	490	2,180	38%
129	LimbaTerminalia superbaSG 0.38 · 10.8% shrinkage	490	2,180	38%
130	Lodgepole pinePinus contortaSG 0.38 · 11.1% shrinkage	480	2,135	37%
131	Redwood (old-growth)Sequoia sempervirensSG 0.38 · 6.8% shrinkage	480	2,135	37%
132	White firAbies concolorSG 0.37 · 9.8% shrinkage	480	2,135	37%
133	Incense-cedarCalocedrus decurrensSG 0.35 · 7.7% shrinkage	470	2,091	36%
134	Light red merantiShorea spp. (lauan-meranti group)SG 0.34 · 14.3% shrinkage	460	2,046	36%
135	Ponderosa pinePinus ponderosaSG 0.38 · 9.7% shrinkage	460	2,046	36%
136	Eastern cottonwoodPopulus deltoidesSG 0.37 · 13.9% shrinkage	430	1,913	33%
137	ObecheTriplochiton scleroxylonSG 0.30 · 9.2% shrinkage	430	1,913	33%
138	Pacific silver firAbies amabilisSG 0.40 · 13.0% shrinkage	430	1,913	33%
139	Redwood (young-growth)Sequoia sempervirensSG 0.34 · 7.0% shrinkage	420	1,868	33%
140	Western white pinePinus monticolaSG 0.35 · 11.8% shrinkage	420	1,868	33%
141	American basswoodTilia americanaSG 0.32 · 15.8% shrinkage	410	1,824	32%
142	Noble firAbies proceraSG 0.37 · 12.4% shrinkage	410	1,824	32%
143	Engelmann sprucePicea engelmanniiSG 0.33 · 11.0% shrinkage	390	1,735	30%
144	Balsam firAbies balsameaSG 0.33 · 11.2% shrinkage	380	1,690	29%
145	CuangareDialyanthera spp.SG 0.31 · 12.0% shrinkage	380	1,690	29%
146	Eastern white pinePinus strobusSG 0.34 · 8.2% shrinkage	380	1,690	29%
147	OkoumeAucoumea klaineanaSG 0.33 · 11.3% shrinkage	380	1,690	29%
148	Sugar pinePinus lambertianaSG 0.34 · 7.9% shrinkage	380	1,690	29%
149	Atlantic white-cedarChamaecyparis thyoidesSG 0.31 · 8.8% shrinkage	350	1,557	27%
150	Black cottonwoodPopulus trichocarpaSG 0.31 · 12.4% shrinkage	350	1,557	27%
151	Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloidesSG 0.35 · 11.5% shrinkage	350	1,557	27%
152	Subalpine firAbies lasiocarpaSG 0.31 · 9.4% shrinkage	350	1,557	27%
153	Western redcedarThuja plicataSG 0.31 · 6.8% shrinkage	350	1,557	27%
154	Northern white-cedarThuja occidentalisSG 0.29 · 7.2% shrinkage	320	1,423	25%
155	CeibaCeiba pentandraSG 0.25 · 10.4% shrinkage	240	1,068	19%