Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 18945

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Plant Name 208.00 PINACEAE Tsuga canadensis Entry Book Number 20.1983
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Canada TDWG Region Canada
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Canada, Northern America
Uses WoodUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor BM (Nat. Hist.) Donor No 86
Donor Date 00/00/1862 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Common in the hilly rocky lands of Canada, attaining the height of 80 feet, and 3 feet in diameter. The timber is soft, elastic, of a coarse, loose texture, not much used, but sometimes substituted for Pine; resists well the effects of mois, ture, and for this reason is used for railway ties. The bark is extensively used in tanning. Specific gravity 0.45.
Determinations:208.00 PINACEAE Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carriere
    208.00 PINACEAE Abies canadensis Michx.

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