Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 17303 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 159.01 BETULACEAE Betula alba | 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 | 67 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1862 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Grows on the hill sides and banks of rivers; a slender and beautiful tree of from 1 to 2 feet in diameter and 50 feet high, but usually not so large. The trunk is covered with a tough cuticle, consisting of numerous lamellae, the outer of w, hich is snow-white. The wood is of a fine compact texture, tough but not durable, and is used in turnery and furniture. Specific gravity 0.5 weight of cubic foot 32; value for heating 48. | ||||
| Determinations: | 159.01 BETULACEAE Betula alba L. 159.01 BETULACEAE Betula alba (Spach.) | ||||