Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 17420

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Plant Name 159.02 CORYLACEAE Ostrya virginica Entry Book Number 20.1983
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Canada TDWG Region Canada
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Canada
Uses WoodUse: FUELS - Fuelwood User: Man TDWG use FUELS - Fuelwood
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor BM (Nat. Hist.) Donor No CLIX.5
Donor Date 00/00/1862 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: A small slender tree, 40 to 50 feet in height, and 8 to 10 inches in diameter. The bark remarkable for its fine, narrow, longitudinal divisions, and of a brownish colour. The wood hard, ? ? heavy; used for hand-spikes and levers, hence the, name Lever-Wood; it is also called Hop Hornbeam. Found only sparely scattered through th forests of deciduous trees. Specific gravity 0.76; weight of cubic foot 47.5 lbs; much prized for fuel.

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