Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [wood and wood by product]
9. wood (plant material)
10. [wood by composition or origin]
11. hardwood
12. birch (wood)

Anotations

Scope note:

Wood of the species Betula lenta, native to the southern Appalachians. It is similar to yellow birch and is not separated from it commercially, but it is denser and deeper in color. It is used in the making of veneer, flooring, furniture, doors, plywood, and vehicle parts.