Poplar has a rating of 540.
The Janka Hardness Scale rates the hardness of hardwood flooring and bamboo as well. You can read more about the Janka Scale and see a list of the Janka Hardness Ratings from FindAnyFloor here http://www.findanyfloor.com/hardwood/JankaHardnessRatings.xhtml
910.
European Oak in many ways in similar on the Janka scale as Ameriacan Oak at 1360.
White Oak is 1360 Northern Red Oak is 1290
According to the Janka Hardness Scale Acacia rates at 1750 lbs in a sq inch.
Given that there are dozens of different kinds of wood, all of various hardnesses, one should define "regular wood" when asking such a question. Regardless, the short answer to your question is "no." California Redwood is a very soft wood, which is rated at about 400 on the Janka Hardness Scale, and Brazillian Ebony is one of the hardest woods, rated at about 3,700 on the Janka Hardness Scale. By comparison, most plywood is made of birch and/or mahogany, which are rated at about 1,300 and 2,200, repsectively. The hardest plywood is sometimes made of teak, which is rated at about 3,500, which falls short of Brazillian Ebony by about 200 points on the Janka Hardness Scale.
Poplar trees.
According to http://www.uniquehardwood.com/JANKA_SCALE.pdf & http://www.becklerscarpet.com/hardwood/janka_hardness.php the range is between rated at 995 & 950 respectively so it is in the range of cherry wood.
The density of poplar, balsam wood is 0.331 grams/cm3. The density of poplar, yellow wood is 0.427 grams/cm3.
We've got the chart on our website, www.carpetexpress.com Or just click the link in the related links below.The complete Janka Wood Hardness Scale is on www.morlanwoodgifts.com website. It has 2,166 woods listed alphabetically by common trade name, over 1,500 different botanical/scientific names plus the world's top 125 known softest woods listed in order of softness and the world's top 125 known hardest woods listed in order of hardness. Just click on the link below, Complete Janka Wood Hardness Scale.
poplar has a good density and is a popular wood used for cabinet making and for shelving units. poplar is not as hard as Oak, Maple, Mahogany, Walnut and other hardwoods. Poplar is harder than pine wood and not as porous.
poplar has a good density and is a popular wood used for cabinet making and for shelving units. poplar is not as hard as Oak, Maple, Mahogany, Walnut and other hardwoods. Poplar is harder than pine wood and not as porous.