Facts

Janka Rating “Hardness of Wood”

The Janka hardness rating measures the pounds per inch (psi) density of a variety of wood flooring species. Denser floors have a higher density rating and are therefore harder to gouge or indent.

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  WOOD  RATING   WOOD  RATING
 
West Red Cedar
Californian Redwood
Spanish Cedar (Cedro Rosa)
Douglas Fir
Meranti
Honduran Mahogany
Mahogany
African Mahogany
S. American Lacewood
Southern Yellow Pine
Cambara Cedrinho
American Cherry
Black Walnut
Peruvian Walnut
Brazilian Eucalyptus
Teak
Larch
Heart Pine
Carribean Heart Pine
Yellow Birch
Northern Red Oak
American Beech
White Ash
Vintage Oak
White Oak
Australian Cypress
Copaiba-Bacana
Carribean Walnut
Royal Mahogany
Hard Maple
Brazilian Maple
African Walnut (Sappelle)
Brazilian Oak (Tauari)
Cameron
Tinborana
Zebra Wood
Wenge
Bamboo
Patens
350
420
600
710
780
800
800
830
840
870
870
950
1010
1080
1125
1155
1200
1225
1240
1260
1290
1300
1320
1325
1360
1375
1390
1400
1400
1450
1500
1500
1500
1543
1570
1575
1630
1650
1691
Kempas
Angelim Pedra
African Cherry (Padeuk)
Doussie
Bolivian Rosewood (Morado)
Garapa (Grapia)
Hickory Pecan
Curupixa – Abiu
Amendoin
Merbau
African Rosewood (Bubigna)
Sydney Blue (Gum)
Jarrah
Purple Heart
Sucupira
Tigerwood (Muiracatiara)
Santos Mahogany (Cabreuva)
Carribean Rosewood
African Cedar (Bosse)
Patagonian Rosewood
Angelim Vermelho
Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)
Bloodwood (Murapiranga)
Etauba
Brazilian Rosewood
Monkey Wood (Macacauba)
Brazilian Redwood
Massaranduba (Bullet Wood)
Southern Chestnut (Cumaru)
Tarara (Canary Wood)
Tiete Rosewood
Tiete Chestnut
Brazilian Teak
Lapacho
Bolivian Cherry
Brazilian Walnut (Ipe)
African Pearwood (Moabi)
Brazilian Ebony
Curupau
Kurupayra
1710
1720
1725
1770
1780
1800
1820
1900
1912
1925
1980
2025
2082
2090
2140
2160
2200
2300
2600
2800
2800
2820
2900
2900
3000
3010
3190
3190
3200
3200
3280
3540
3540
3640
3650
3680
3680
3692
3840
3840