299 



Specific Gravity of Indiana Woods. 1 



The specific gravity was derived from wood dried at 100 centi- 

 grade (212 Fah.) until it ceased to lose weight. 



Carya ovata (Shellbark Hickory) 0.8372 



Quercus stellata (Post Oak) 0.8367 



Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw) 0.8332 



Quercus lyrata (Overcup Oak) 0.8313 



Ostrya virginiana (Ironwood) . 8264 



Carya alba (White Hickory) 0.8218 



Carya glabra (Black Hickory) 0.8217 



Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood) 0.8153 



Carya laciniosa (Big Shellbark Hickory) 0.8108 



Quercus Michauxii (Cow Oak) 0.8039 



Diospyros virginiana (Persimmon) . 7908 



Amelanchier canadensis (Juneberry) 0.7838 



Maclura pomif era (Osage Orange) . 7736 



Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak) 0.7662 



Carya cordiformis (Pig Hickory) . 7552 



Quercus imbricaria (Shingle Oak) . 7529 



Quercus Prinus (Chestnut Oak) . 7499 



Ulmus alata (Cork Elm) 0.7491 



Quercus alba (White Oak) 0.7470 



Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak) ' 0.7453 



Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak) 0.7405 



Gleditsia aquatica (Water Honey Locust) . 7342 



Robinia Pseudo-Acacia (Black Locust) . 7333 



Quercus marilandica (Black Jack Oak) 0.7324 



Celtis occidentalis (Hackberry) . 7287 



Carpinus caroliniana (Water Beech) . 7286 



Ulmus Thomasi (Hickory Elm) 0. 7263 



Prunus americana (Wild Plum) . 7215 



Fraxinus quadrangulata (Blue Ash) 0. 7184 



Carya illinoensis (Pecan) . 7180 



Malus glaucescens (Crab Apple) 0. 7048 



Quercus velutina (Bleck Oak) . 7045 



Ulmus fulva (Slippery Elm) 0.6956 



Quercus palustris (Pin Oak) . 6938 



Gymnocladus dioica (Coffeenut) 0. 6934 



Quercus falcata (Spanish Oak) 0.6928 



Acer nigrum (Black Maple) . 6915 



Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) . 6912 



Fagus grandifolia (Beech) 0.6883 



Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust) 0. 6740 



Betula lutea (Yellow Birch) 0.6553 



Fraxinus americana (White Ash) . 6543 



Quercus rubra (Red Oak) 0.6540 



1 Adapted from Sargent's "Trees of North America." 



