Density. Yellow-poplar averages about. 26 pounds per cubic foot at 7 percent MC. This is roughly 80 percent of the weight of soft maple. A planed, dried piece of lumber will weigh about 1-1/2 pounds. Drying. Yellow-poplar is perhaps the easiest drying species native to North America. Some blue stain can develop if drying is not aggressive enough or if logs or green lumber was stored rather than processed immediately.
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