ʻO ka lāʻau birch ka lāʻau o Betula platyphylla Suk., nona ka genus Betula o ka ʻohana Betulaceae. ʻO ka lāʻau Birch Keʻokeʻo, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka lāʻau birch kālā, he ʻili ʻokoʻa kona waihoʻoluʻu a me kahi kumu -keʻokeʻo kālā. Loaʻa iā ia nā hiʻohiʻona o ke anu-kūʻokoʻa, wikiwiki-ulu, a loaʻa iā ia ka pale kiʻekiʻe i nā mea ʻino a me nā maʻi. Eia nō naʻe, loaʻa iā ia nā hemahema o ke kū ʻole ʻana i ka corrosion a hiki i ka deformation. Hoʻolaha nui ʻia ka lāʻau birch, ʻike nui ʻia ma nā mauna ʻo Greater Khingan, Lesser Khingan Mountains, Changbai Mountains, a me nā wahi mauna ma Kina ʻĀkau a me nā mauna Altai ma Northwest Kina, me ke kiʻekiʻe ma lalo o 1000 mika (ma Kina ʻĀkau, he 1300 - 2700 mika).

Eia kekahi, ua puʻunaue ʻia ma ka Hikina mamao o ka Soviet Union, Siberia Hikina, Mongolia hikina, ka ʻāpana ʻākau o North Korea, a me Iapana. Nui nā mea hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau birch, e like me ka hana ʻana i nā lako, plywood, hana lāʻau maikaʻi, veneer, spools uea hoʻopaʻapaʻa, mau kāmaʻa, nā kaʻa, nā mea haʻuki, nā mea kani, nā lako pepa, a pēlā aku. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he pia maoli a me ka inu nahele e ka poʻe ʻEulopa.

He mea maʻalahi ka lāʻau birch keʻokeʻo i ka hanaʻana, lōʻihi, heʻili maʻemaʻe kaʻokiʻoki, a me ka pena maikaʻi a me ka hana kāpili. Hoʻohana ʻia ia i kēia manawa no ka hana ʻana i nā hale, nā hana lāʻau inlaid a me nā papa o loko

Ma muli o kāna lāʻau paʻa, hoʻohana nui ʻia ka lāʻau birch keʻokeʻo i ka hana ʻana i nā huahana lāʻau like ʻole. Maikaʻi a elastic kona ʻano, me ka hana hoʻoponopono maikaʻi, ka ʻoki ʻana i ka rotary maʻalahi, ka ʻili maʻemaʻe, ke kala keʻokeʻo me ka ʻala ʻole, ka pale ʻana i ka lole maikaʻi, ka hopena ikaika, a me nā waiwai insulation maikaʻi loa. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau Birch e hana i nā lako, kūpono no nā papa hoʻokahi, nā papa hana lāʻau, nā kukui, nā papa ʻaina, nā keʻena a me nā huahana huli, etc.

Nā huahana pale: lāʻau birch keʻokeʻo, China nā mea hana lāʻau birch keʻokeʻo, mea hoʻolako, hale hana
