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Betula populifolia Marshall

Gray Birch

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Grau-Birke
English Gray Birch
Français Bouleau gris
Italiano Betulla grigia
Suomi Harmaakoivu
Norsk Gråbjørk
Čeština Šedá bříza
Español Abedul gris
Svenska Gråbjörk
Polski Brzoza szara
Український Сіра береза
Român Mesteacăn cenușiu
Русский Серая берёза
Български Сива бреза
EESTI Hall kask
日本語 ハイイロシラカンバ
中文 灰桦
Other names Grau-Birke (Nordamerika)

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Hough

Origin

Geographic Regions North America
States and Territories New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Québec; Illinois; Connecticut; Indiana; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Vermont; Delaware; Maryland; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fagales
Family Betulaceae
Genus Betula
Species populifolia
Author citation Marshall
Scientific name Betula populifolia Marshall

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) D
Termites S

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 1-2
Impregnability of the sapwood 1-2
Width of the sapwood x

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 580.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 620.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 740.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Gray Birch

Hough

Bark

Gray Birch

BTPP , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Gray Birch

BTPP , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Gray Birch

BTPP , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fall Leaves

Gray Birch

BTPP , Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson