Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 18681

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Plant Name 208.00 PINACEAE Pinus cembra Entry Book Number 20.1983
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Switzerland TDWG Region Switzerland
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Switzerland, Europe, Middle Europe, Lower Grindelwald glacier
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size C Related Items
Donor BM (Nat. Hist.) Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes Beer Sir Gavin dex0Dx0A
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: Obtained in 1947 from right side moraine of Lower Grindelwald glacier at an altitude of 1700 metres, estimated by C14 in laboratory of Brit. Mus. as dating from 15th century AD it is evidence of a former forest in that place numerous other, tree remains have been found there, destroyed and overrun by ice in the advance of the glaciers in the 16th and 17th centuries. Details of est. published in Brit. Mus. Quarterly.

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