Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 17303

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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
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
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.)

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