Wood - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 16370 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 153.02 ULMACEAE Ulmus americana | Entry Book Number | 20.1983 | |
Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Canada | TDWG Region | Canada | ||
Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Canada | ||
Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
Donor | BM (Nat. Hist.) | Donor No | 46 | ||
Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
Collector | Collector No | ||||
Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/1862 | |||
Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
Number Components | Publication | ||||
Notes: | Label source: Majestic tree, attaining a diameter of 60 ins in some of the Western counties of Upper Canada, and of great height with wide spreading branches; grows in the woods and along rivers in rich soils. The wood is tough and strong, used for whee, ls, and preferred by wheelwrights to the English Elms. Can be furnished at Quebec at about 51 pounds sterling per 1000 cu ft. |