Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 89 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 4.01 MAGNOLIACEAE Liriodendron tulipifera | 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 - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | BM (Nat Hist) | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Grows only in the western parts of Upper Canada, and attains a height of 130 feet, 70 feet to the first limb, and 36 inches in diameter, and not uncommonly, 60 inches in diameter. Very abundant in the southwestern Counties of Canada, and ca, n be furnished at #35 sterling per 1,000 cubic feet, freight to Quebec #8. It is also called the Tulip Tree; and in some localities, erroneously, yellow poplar. The wood is extensively used a substitute for pine for building and cabinet purposes. It is ea, sily wrought, durable and susceptible of a fine polish. Specific gravity 0.5; weight of cubic foot 30lbs. | ||||