COMMON NAMES:   Poplar

SPECIFIC GRAVITY:   0.37

DENSITY:  

TANGENTIAL MOVEMENT:   9.2%

RADIAL MOVEMENT:   3.9%

VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE:   13.9%

DURABILITY1:   Very poor

SOURCE:  Eastern, central and northwestern U.S. and Canada

DESCRIPTION:   Moderately light and soft, but strong for its weight. Tough and fibrous. Works easily, abrasive to tools. Color light with light grayish or brown tinge. Low decay resistance and often unstable in use due to the presence of reaction wood.

1 Durability refers to a wood's resistance to rotting in wet environments.