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Veneer Express Design Birch nature
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The birch is very fast-growing and reaches heights of up to 30 m with diameters of up to about 90 cm, but generally less. The shaft is straight and well grown and knotless up to 10 m. The bark is milky white and peels off in thin cross bands. With age it becomes pied and thick-barked.
Tradenames and other names
Bot. Name: Betula spp.
Tradename De: Haarbirke, Weissbirke, Gelbbirke, Zuckerbirke, Papierbirke
Tradename En: European Birch, Silver Birch
Properties
Raw density: 590 - 630 Kg/m3
Occurrence
The birch is native to all of Europe.
Characteristic and wood color
Sapwood and heartwood are not different. The wood is yellowish-white to reddish-white, practically without heartwood, matt-gloss, with pith flecks inside the wood body, similar to alder. Depending on the grain, the wood is plain to decorative, whereby particularly beautifully grained wood, so-called "flame birch", comes especially from Sweden and Finland.