WoodwoodHardwood
Birch (Yellow Birch)
Dense hardwood, widely used in plywood and cabinetry. Yellow birch is harder and heavier than paper birch, and is often substituted for maple where the surface is not the point.
Properties
- Family
- Wood
- Category
- wood
- Species
- Betula alleghaniensis
- Density
- 0.69 g/cm³ · 690 kg/m³
Densityhow birch (yellow birch) compares
Applicationswhere birch (yellow birch) is normally specified
PlywoodCabinetryFurnitureInterior joinery
Practical notes
- Density is for air-dried stock at about 12% moisture content
- Yellow birch is the dense species; paper birch is much lighter
Lumber sizeswhat birch (yellow birch) weighs in each nominal size
Lumber size databaseDressed sizes are the same for every species — a 2x4 is 1-1/2 x 3-1/2 in in oak as much as in spruce. What changes is the weight, and that is derived here from birch (yellow birch)'s density of 0.69 g/cm³.
Tools used on itmatched on the wood family, not on this page
All toolsCircular SawCountersinkDrillHole SawImpact DriverJigsawMitre SawRandom Orbit SanderRouterTwist Drill Bits
Which tools work a material is a property of the family (Wood), not of the individual species — so this list is the same on every wood page, and changes when the tool data changes rather than when this paragraph does.