Thickness: 4/4 – 8/4

 

Grades: FAS/1F, Select & Better, 1 Common, 2 Common

 

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General Description: Yellow birch has a white sapwood and light reddish brown heartwood. The wood is generally straight grained with a fine uniform texture. The wood of yellow birch is heavy, hard and strong. It has very good wood bending properties, with good crushing strength and shock resistance.

 

Distribution: Eastern USA, principally Northern and Lake States. Reasonable availability, but more limited if selected for color, i.e. red birch (heartwood) or white birch (sapwood). Increasingly found in export markets, although volumes produced may limit sizes and grades available.

 

Common Uses: Furniture, internal joinery and paneling, doors, flooring, kitchen cabinets, turning and toys.