Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 5945 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Image | 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. | ||||