Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 18945 | |||||
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| No Image | 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 | |||
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| 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. | ||||