| Poplar Cabinet Doors |
 Poplar is a soft hardwood cabinet door and varies in color from creamy white to green with dark brown and purple streaks. This wood is primarily use for paint and is not available in color select.Populus is a genus of trees which includes the cottonwoods, poplars, and aspens, all of which are sometimes termed poplars (in some areas "popple"). Poplars are deciduous, and turn bright gold to yellow before their leaves fall. The leaves of many poplars, including the cottonwoods and aspens (but not the balsam poplars), have laterally-flattened stems, so that breezes easily cause the leaves to wobble back and forth, giving the whole tree a "twinkling" appearance in a breeze. Like willows, many poplars have very strong and invasive root systems, so they must not be planted too close to houses or water pipes as they will crack walls and pipes in their search for moisture. Poplars of the cottonwood section are often wetlands or riparian trees. The aspens are among the most important boreal broadleaf trees. Poplars and aspens are important food plants for the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species. Cultivation and uses Fast-growing hybrid poplars are grown on plantations in many areas for pulpwood and used for the manufacture of paper. The wood is generally white, often with a slightly yellowish cast. It is also sold as inexpensive hardwood timber, used for pallets and cheap plywood; more specialised uses include matches and the boxes in which camembert cheese is sold. Poplar wood is widely used in the snowboard industry for the snowboard "core", because it has exceptional flexibility. There has been some interest in using poplar as an energy crop/biofuel, particuarly in light of its high energy in/energy out ratio, large carbon mitigation potential and fast growth. In the September 2006 issue of Science, it was announced that species of poplar, Populus trichocarpa, was the first tree to have its full DNA code sequenced (published in full here). Poplar is also a wood that, particularly when seasoned, makes a good hearth for a bow drill. Trivia Poplar was picked as the material for the bones of "Buster", the crash test dummy used in the TV show MythBusters, after some experiments revealed that it fractures under approximately the same loads as human bone. Information on Poplar, used in manufacturing cabinet doors, derived from Wikipedia Cabinet doors are available in just about any species of wood so it is impossible to list them all. Please call with any questions about other wood species availability. |