Poplar, yellow

Botanical name: Liriodendron tulipifera

Other names: US: yellow poplar, poplar, tulip-poplar, tulipwood, tulip tree, canary whitewood UK: (American whitewood), canary wood, tulip tree FR: tulipier, bois jaune DE: Tulpenbaum IT: VL: tulpeboomhout NL: (Amerikaans populieren)

Yellow-poplar sapwood is white and frequently several centimeters wide. The heartwood is yellowish brown, sometimes streaked with purple, green, black, blue, or red. These colorations do not affect the physical properties of the wood. The wood is generally straight grained and comparatively uniform in texture. Slow-grown wood is moderately light in weight and moderately low in bending strength, moderately soft, and moderately low in shock resistance. The wood has moderately high shrinkage when dried from a green condition, but it is not difficult to dry and is stable after drying.

The lumber is used primarily for furniture, interior moulding, siding, cabinets, musical instruments, and engineered wood composites. Boxes, pallets, and crates are made from lower-grade stock. Yellow-poplar is also made into plywood for paneling, furniture, piano cases, and various other special products.