Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 17420 | |||||
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| No Image | 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 | |||
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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. | ||||