Yellow Poplar
Yellow Poplar: hardness, how it works, how much it moves, what it costs and what it is used for.
- Botanical name
- Liriodendron tulipifera
- Type
- hardwood
- Region
- North America
- Janka hardness (lbf)Side hardness as published by The Wood Database
- 540 lbf
- Colour
- cream with green or purple streaks
- Workability
- easy
- MovementHow much it shrinks and swells with humidity
- moderate
- Price band
- low
- Typical uses
- Painted furniture, drawer parts, cabinet interiors, secondary wood
- Working notes
- Inexpensive and stable; machines cleanly; usually painted because of the streaked colour.
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