Tulipwood / Poplar Timber Suppliers - UK Hardwood Timber Merchants

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Tulipwood / Poplar
TEMPERATE HARDWOOD
Family:
Latin Name:	Liriodendron tulipifera
Distribution:	Eastern USA and Canada.
Uses:	Interior joinery, Furniture
General Description:
Tulipwood's sapwood is white, and in second-growth trees, very wide; the heartwood is variable in colour, ranging from olive green to yellow or brown, and may be streaked with steel-blue. The annual growth terminates in a white band of parenchyma giving a subdued figure to longitudinal surfaces. The timber is' straight-grained. fine-textured, fairly soft and light in weight about 510 kg/m³ when dried.
Mechanical Properties:
Good - Easy to work, and finishes to a fine, smooth surface Takes nails without tending to split, glues well, can be stained polished or painted, and holds hard enamel finishes excellently
Seasoning:
Dries easily and well, with little degrade.
Durability:
Similar to idigbo (Terminalia ivorensis) in general strength properties.
Other Names:
American yellow poplar (UK), American whitewood, tulip tree (UK and USA), canary wood (UK), canary whitewood (UK)


TEMPERATE HARDWOODS
	Western Red Alder	White Beech *	Hard Maple *	Pear
	European Ash *	Cherry *	Soft Maple *	Sycamore *
	American Ash *	Sweet Chestnut	European Oak *	Tulipwood (Poplar) *
	Beech, CND *	Red Elm	American Red Oak *	American Black Walnut *
	Steamed Beech *	Birds Eye Maple	American White Oak *

TROPICAL HARDWOODS
	Abura	Guarea *	Lignum Vitae	Padauk
	Afrormosia	Idigbo	Red Louro *	Sapele *
	Agba	Iroko *	African Mahogany *	Tatajuba
	Anigre	Jatoba	Makore	Teak
	Bubinga	Koto	Meranti *	Utile *
	African Cedar	Lemonwood	Ovangkol	Virola
	African Walnut	Wenge	Zebrano

CLEAR GRADE SOFTWOODS
	Douglas Fir *	Pitch Pine	Hemlock *	Thermowood *
	Western Red Cedar *	Siberian Larch *	Southern Yellow Pine

CONSTRUCTIONAL TIMBERS
	Yellow Balau p.h.n.d. *	Cumaru *	Ekki *	European Oak *
	Greenheart *	Ipe *	Massaranduba *	Opepe *
	Purpleheart

Species followed by an asteric (*) are normally available with FSC, MTCC, PEFC certification.

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Tulipwood / Poplar

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