Aspen is commonly harvested as lumber and is used for pulpwood in paper manufacture.
Bigtooth aspen hardwood or softwood.
Classifying wood as either a hardwood or softwood comes down to its physical structure and makeup and so it is overly simple to think of hardwoods as being hard and durable compared to soft and workable softwoods.
Closely related to poplar.
Although aspen is a hardwood species it is offered by the majority of softwood manufacturers.
It is fine grained uniform in texture and generally lacks a distinctive pattern.
Other soft hardwoods.
In terms of texture its grain is fine with diffuse pores.
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This happens to be generally true but there are exceptions such as in the cases of wood from yew trees a softwood that is relatively hard and wood from balsa trees a.
Aspen is a great all purpose wood and good for beginner woodworkers.
Aspen bigtooth aspen populus grandidentata.
This wood species is not listed in the cites appendices or on the iucn red list of threatened species.
Wide planks of aspen lumber should be available within its natural range for a modest price.
Aspen is excellent for mouldings toys and caskets.
Midwest and northeast united states.