Wood - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 24805 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 82.01 CORNACEAE Cornus florida | Entry Book Number | ||
Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | United States | TDWG Region | United States | ||
Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | North America | ||
Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
Storage | Woods size C | Related Items | |||
Donor | Sargent Prof C | Donor No | 82 | ||
Donor Date | 00/00/1881 | Donor Notes | |||
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Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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Notes: | Label source: A deciduous tree, about thirty feet high, common in the woods in various parts of North America. The wood is hard, heavy, and very fine grained. It is used in America for making handles of light tools, as mallets, plane stocks, harrow teeth, , cogwheels etc. It has also been used in America for engraving. |