Shrinkage from green to overdry moisture content*

Species

Radial

Tangential

Volumetric

Hardwoods

Red Alder

4.4

7.3

12.6

Quaking Aspen

3.5

6.7

11.5

Balsam Poplar Cottonwood

3.0

7.1

10.5

Pecan Hickory

4.9

8.9

13.6

Red Maple

4.0

8.2

12.6

Silver Maple

3.0

7.2

12.0

Black Oak

4.4

11.1

15.1

Southern Red Oak

4.7

11.3

16.1

White Oak

5.6

10.5

16.3

Yellow Polar

4.6

8.2

12.7

Softwoods

Coastal Douglas fir

4.8

7.6

12.4

Interior North Douglas Fir

3.8

6.9

10.7

Interior West Douglas Fir

4.8

7.5

11.8

White Fir

3.3

7.0

9.8

Western Hemlock

4.2

7.8

12.4

Western Larch

4.5

9.1

14.0

Loblolly Pine

4.8

7.4

12.3

Virginia Pine

4.2

7.2

11.9

Black Spruce

4.1

6.8

11.3

Engelmann Spruce

3.8

7.1

11.0