MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 044
Birch
Betula spp. (species not specified)
Pale cream with subtle tan growth variation.
- Botanical family
- Betulaceae
- Average dry density
- Not assigned — identity requires confirmation
- Janka hardness
- Not available for confirmed identity
- Native distribution
- Temperate Northern Hemisphere
- Grain & texture
- Fine, usually straight and diffuse-porous
Original photograph © Mokurei Studio · physical timber held in the studio collection. Identification supplied by the studio; reference properties are not individual sample measurements.
Material character
Even fine structure suited to restrained, precise machining.
Notable applications
Plywood, cabinetry, furniture, turned and sculpted work.
Of particular interest
Karelian birch is often a figured form of Betula pendula: it is recorded separately in this archive for its very different visual character.
Workshop note
The generic Birch record is Betula spp.; unlike Karelian Birch it has no confirmed species epithet. The two cards are distinct, but this image does not prove the same species.
Wood identification is provided by the Mokurei Studio collection, not independently laboratory-verified. Technical figures are reference averages, not measurements of the photographed piece; they vary with provenance and moisture.