This table shows the different hardness to timber floors. The higher the number the harder the wood floor.
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|
| Lignum vitae / Guayacan / Pockenholz |
4500 |
| Patagonian Rosewood / Curupay / Angico Preto / Piptadenia Macrocarpa / Brazilian Tiger Mahogany |
3840 |
| Brazilian Ebony |
3692 |
| Ipê / "Brazilian Walnut" / Lapacho |
3684 |
| African Pearlwood / Moabi |
3680 |
| Bolivian Cherry |
3650 |
| Lapacho |
3640 |
| Cumaru / "Brazilian Teak" sometimes: "Brazilian Chestnut," "Tiete Chestnut," "South American Chestnut," "Southern Chestnut" |
3540 |
| Ebony |
3220 |
| Brazilian Redwood / Paraju / Massaranduba |
3190 |
| Yvyraro |
3040 |
| Bloodwood |
2900 |
| Red Mahogany, Turpentine |
2697 |
| Southern Chestnut |
2670 |
| Spotted Gum |
2473 |
| Brazilian Cherry / Jatoba |
2350 |
| Mesquite |
2345 |
| Golden Teak |
2330 |
| Santos Mahogany, Bocote, Cabreuva, Honduran Rosewood |
2200 |
| Pradoo |
2170 |
| Brazilian Koa |
2160 |
| Sucupira sometimes "Brazilian Chestnut," "Tiete Chestnut," "Brazilian Walnut" |
2140 |
| Brushbox |
2135 |
| Karri |
2030 |
| Sydney Blue Gum |
2023 |
| Bubinga |
1980 |
| Cameron |
1940 |
| Tallowwood |
1933 |
| Merbau |
1925 |
| Amendoim |
1912 |
| Jarrah |
1910 |
| Purpleheart |
1860 |
| Goncalo Alves / Tigerwood |
1850 |
| Hickory / Pecan, Satinwood |
1820 |
| Afzelia / Doussie / Australian Wormy Chestnut |
1810 |
| Bangkirai |
1798 |
| Rosewood |
1780 |
| African Padauk |
1725 |
| Blackwood |
1720 |
| Merbau |
1712 |
| Kempas |
1710 |
| Black Locust |
1700 |
| Highland Beech |
1686 |
| Wenge, Red Pine |
1630 |
| Tualang |
1624 |
| Zebrawood |
1575 |
| True Pine, Timborana |
1570 |
| Peroba |
1557 |
| Kambala |
1540 |
| Sapele / Sapelli |
1510 |
| Curupixa |
1490 |
| Sweet Birch |
1470 |
| Hard Maple / Sugar Maple |
1450 |
| Caribbean Walnut |
1390 |
| Coffee Bean |
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 |
| Movingui |
1230 |
| Heart Pine |
1225 |
| Brazilian Mesquite / Carapa Guianensis |
1220 |
| Larch |
1200 |
| Carbonized Bamboo (represents one species) |
1180 |
| Teak |
1155 |
| Cocobolo |
1136 |
| Brazilian Eucalyptus / Rose Gum |
1125 |
| Makore |
1100 |
| Siberian larch |
1100 |
| Peruvian Walnut |
1080 |
| Boreal |
1023 |
| Black Walnut/North American Walnut |
1010 |
| Teak |
1000 |
| Sakura |
995 |
| Black Cherry, Imbuia |
950 |
| Boire |
940 |
| Paper Birch |
910 |
| Eastern Red Cedar |
900 |
| Southern Yellow Pine (Longleaf) |
870 |
| Lacewood, Leopardwood |
840 |
| African Mahogany |
830 |
| Mahogany, Honduran Mahogany |
800 |
| Parana |
780 |
| Sycamore |
770 |
| Shedua |
710 |
| Southern Yellow Pine (Loblolly and Shortleaf) |
690 |
| Douglas Fir |
660 |
| Alder (Red) |
590 |
| Larch |
590 |
| Chestnut |
540 |
| Hemlock |
500 |
| Western White Pine |
420 |
| Basswood |
410 |
| Eastern White Pine |
380 |
| Balsa |
100 |
