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Table 4. Approximate time to air dry green one-inch lumber to 20 percent moisture content

Species

Time

Softwoods

Days

Coastal Douglas Fir

20-200

Interior North Douglas Fir

20-180

Interior West Douglas Fir

20-120

Western Hemlock

60-200

Western Larch

60-120

Lodgepole

15-150

Southern Loblolly

30-150

Engelmann Spruce

20-120

Hardwoods

Red Alder

20-180

Quaking Aspen

50-150

Hickory

60-200

Red Maple

30-120

Silver Maple

30-120

Northern Red Oak

70-200

Northern White Oak

80-250

Southern Red Oak

100-300

Southern White Oak ( Chestnut )

120-320

Yellow Poplar

40-150


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Reposted with permission of Edward C. Brindley, JR., Ph.D. on 6/3/98.