Yellow poplar / Tulip tree

Wood species Yellow poplar / Tulip tree

English name Yellow poplar / Tulip tree

Alternative name American tulip tree, Tuliptree, Tulip poplar, Whitewood, Fiddle-tree

Botanical name Liriodendron tulipifera

Type Hardwood

Tree size / Height 40 - 50 m

Trunk / Diameter 1,8 - 2,5 m

Location United States, North America

More information Wikipedia

Specific gravity 0.40

Specific gravity (12% MC) 0,46

Janka Hardness 2400 lbf

Modulus of rupture 69,7 MPa

Elastic Modulus 10,90 GPa

Crushing Strength 38,2 MPa

Shrinkage Radial 4,6%
Tangential 8,2%
Volumetric 12,7%
T/R Ratio 1,8

m³/BDU 2,47

m³/BDMT 2,27

Ton/BDU 2,80

Tonne/BDU 2,54

Tonne/BDMT 2,33