Wood Flooring Species | Janka Hardness (pounds-force) |
Patagonian Rosewood / Curupay | 3840 |
Brazilian Ebony | 3692 |
Ipê / “Brazilian Walnut” / Lapacho | 3684 |
African Pearwood / Moabi | 3680 |
Bolivian Cherry | 3650 |
Lapacho | 3640 |
Cumaru / “Brazilian Teak” | 3540 |
Ebony | 3220 |
Brazilian Redwood / Paraju / Massaranduba | 3190 |
Bloodwood | 2900 |
“Southern Chestnut” | 2670 |
Spotted Gum | 2473 |
Brazilian Cherry / Jatoba | 2350 |
Mesquite | 2345 |
“Golden Teak” | 2330 |
Santos Mahogany, | 2200 |
Pradoo | 2170 |
Brazilian Koa | 2160 |
Sucupira | 2140 |
Sydney Blue Gum | 2023 |
Bubinga | 1980 |
Merbau | 1925 |
Amendoim | 1912 |
Jarrah | 1910 |
Purpleheart | 1860 |
Goncalo Alves / Tigerwood | 1850 |
Hickory / Pecan, Satinwood | 1820 |
Afzelia / Doussie / Australian Wormy Chestnut | 1810 |
Rosewood | 1780 |
African Padauk | 1725 |
Blackwood | 1720 |
Kempas | 1710 |
Black Locust | 1700 |
Wenge, Red Pine | 1630 |
Zebrawood | 1575 |
True Pine, Timborana | 1570 |
Sapele / Sapelli | 1510 |
Birch | |
Hard Maple / Sugar Maple | 1450 |
Caribbean Walnut | 1390 |
Natural Bamboo (represents one species) | 1380 |
Australian Cypress | 1375 |
White Oak | 1360 |
Tasmanian Oak | 1350 |
Ribbon Gum | 1349 |
Ash (White) | 1320 |
American Beech | 1300 |
Red Oak (Northern) | 1290 |
Caribbean Heart Pine | 1280 |
Yellow Birch, Iroko Kambala | 1260 |
Heart Pine | 1225 |
“Brazilian Mesquite” / Carapa Guianensis | 1220 |
Larch | 1200 |
Carbonized Bamboo (represents one species) | 1180 |
Teak | 1155 |
Brazilian Eucalyptus / Rose Gum | 1125 |
Siberian larch | 1100 |
Peruvian Walnut | 1080 |
Black Walnut/North American Walnut | 1010 |
Teak | 1000 |
Eastern Red Cedar | 900 |
Southern Yellow Pine (Longleaf) | 870 |
African Mahogany | 830 |
Sycamore | 770 |
Southern Yellow Pine (Loblolly and Shortleaf) | 690 |
Douglas Fir | 660 |
Alder (Red) | 590 |
Larch | 590 |
Chestnut | 540 |
Hemlock | 500 |