Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 5945

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Plant Name 53.01 ANACARDIACEAE Rhus typhina Entry Book Number 20.1983
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Canada TDWG Region Canada
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Canada
Uses WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Wood
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor British Museum (Natural History) Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No 4
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/00/1862
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Common on rocky, poor soils throughtout Canada, and readily springs up on neglected lands after the primal forests are cleared off; attains a height of 20 ft, and 8 inches in diam. the wood is soft, aromatic, of sulphur yellow, makes beauti, ful veneers, and is used in dyeing. The bark of this and other varieties is also used in dyeing and tanning.

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