The Tree Birches can reach a height of 70 ft, with a diameter of more than 2 ft. The wood varies slightly among species. The wood of yellow birch and sweet birch is heavy, hard and strong, while that of paper birch is lighter, and less hard, strong and stiff. All birches have a fine, uniform texture. Yellow birch has white sapwood and light reddish-brown heartwood.
Sweet birch has light-colored sapwood and dark brown heartwood tinged with red.
13.0 5.4 B. papyrifera var. No information available at this time. Birch veneer goes into plywood used for flush doors, furniture, paneling, radio and television cabinets, aircraft, and other specialty uses. Paper birch is used for turned products, including spools, bobbins, small handles, and toys. Also used for pulp wood, fuel wood, turnery, distillation products, toothpicks, ice cream sticks and tongue depressors.