Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 31493 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 159.03 FAGACEAE Quercus borealis | 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 D | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Native of Eastern North America and attaining its greatest size in the region north of the Ohio River, where it is found 150 feet high. Introduced into England early in the 18th century, it has proved to be the quickest growing a and finest, of American oaks in this country. Young trees and limbs of older ones have a smmoth grey bark, and the leaves are handsome in their deep angular cutting. The foliage occasionally turns rich red in autumn, but it is at that season more often a dull reddis, h brown. The timber is purplish and handsomely grained but is not greatly valued being used only for interior work and for purposes of a temporary nature. | ||||
| Determinations: | 159.03 FAGACEAE Quercus borealis Michx. 159.03 FAGACEAE Quercus rubra L. | ||||