Colubrina arborescens, or wild coffee, is an evergreen in Puerto Rico, the Florida Keys, Hawaii and the West Indies. Stanley Yankowski Cornus controversa, or giant dogwood, is native to China, the ...

Waterlogged archaeological wood can be preserved for many years in the absence of air, as decomposition is substantially slowed down. After excavation, conservation is necessary to prevent damage of ...

The open-air Archaeological Museum in Biskupin (Poland) preserves and shows to the public a prehistoric settlement of Lusatian culture dating back to Early Iron Age (eighth century BC). The monitoring ...

From providing forensic wooden “fingerprints” to insights on structural engineering, the museum’s collection of rare and wonderful lumber is a prized scientific resource Erin Wunderlich At the ...

Detailed information about the expansive contents of ESF's wood collection – 40,000 samples that represent 100 years of gathering wood from around the globe – will soon be made available to scientists ...