Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 24805

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Plant Name 82.01 CORNACEAE Cornus florida Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country United States TDWG Region United States
Parts Held Wood Geography Description North America
Uses WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Wood
Storage Woods size C Related Items
Donor Sargent Prof C Donor No 82
Donor Date 00/00/1881 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: A deciduous tree, about thirty feet high, common in the woods in various parts of North America. The wood is hard, heavy, and very fine grained. It is used in America for making handles of light tools, as mallets, plane stocks, harrow teeth, , cogwheels etc. It has also been used in America for engraving.

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