Record #:

34581

Author(s):

Burgess, Carla B.

Abstract:

North Carolina State University Libraries is teaming up with paleobotanist Elisabeth Wheeler in order to catalog thousands of species of wood. The collection, “Inside Wood”, will be available on the free public database, and showcase thousands of samples from different trees around the world. Wheeler has also donated her personal collection of 25,000 samples to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

Source:

North Carolina Naturalist (NoCar QH 76.5 N8 N68), Vol. 13 Issue 3, Fall/Winter 2005, p4-6, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh); North Carolina State University. Department of Wood and Paper Science; Botany--Research