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ID: 300012000
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300012000

 

Record Type: concept
yellow birch (wood) (birch (wood), hardwood, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Wood of the species Betula alleghaniensis, native to the northeastern part of North America, with light yellow sapwood and reddish-brown heartwood. It is similar to sweet birch and is not separated from it commercially. It is used in the making of fine furniture, joinery, spools, bobbins, and plywood.
 
Terms:
yellow birch (wood) (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,N)
birch, yellow (wood) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
hard birch (wood) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
betula wood (yellow birch wood) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
Quebec birch (wood) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
gele berk (hout) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
abedul amarillo (madera) (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by origin>
............ <materials by origin> (G)
Hierarchy of biological material
................ biological material (G)
Hierarchy of plant material
.................... plant material (G)
Hierarchy of <wood and wood by product>
........................ <wood and wood by product> (G)
Hierarchy of wood (plant material)
............................ wood (plant material) (G)
Hierarchy of <wood by composition or origin>
................................ <wood by composition or origin> (G)
Hierarchy of hardwood
.................................... hardwood (G)
Hierarchy of birch (wood)
........................................ birch (wood) (G)
Hierarchy of yellow birch (wood)
............................................ yellow birch (wood) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Hout van de boom behorende tot het genus Betula alleghaniensis, inheems in het noordoostelijk deel van Noord-Amerika, met lichtgeel spinthout en roodachtig bruin kernhout. Het lijkt op suikerberkenhout en commercieel wordt er geen onderscheid gemaakt tussen de twee. Het hout wordt gebruikt voor het maken van kwaliteitsmeubilair, schrijnwerk, spoelen, klossen en triplex. 
Spanish ..... Madera del árbol perteneciente a la especie Betula alleghaniensis, nativa del noreste de América del Norte, con un albumen amarillo claro y un duramen marrón rojizo. Es similar al abedul dulzón y comercialmente no se les diferencia. Se utiliza en muebles finos, ebanistería, carretes, bobinas y madera contrachapada. 

Related concepts:
derived/made from ....  Betula alleghaniensis (species)
................................  (Betula (genus), Betulaceae (family), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300343928]

Sources and Contributors:
abedul amarillo (madera)............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred, VP]
.........................................  TAA database (2000-)
betula wood (yellow birch wood)............  [VP]
.....................................................  Timbers of the World (1979-1980) 2: 165
birch, yellow (wood)............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
gele berk (hout)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Wiselius, Houtvademecum (1990)
hard birch (wood)............  [VP]
................................  Timbers of the World (1979-1980) v. II, p. 165
Quebec birch (wood)............  [VP]
...................................  Timbers of the World (1979-1980) 2: 165
yellow birch (wood)............  [GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
...................................  AATA database (2002-) 130692 checked 26 January 2012
...................................  Brady and Clauser, Materials Handbook (1977) 96
...................................  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
...................................  Hora, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Trees of the World (1981) 138
...................................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, GCI, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AATA database (2002-) 130692 checked 26 January 2012
............  Wiselius, Houtvademecum (1990)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "yellow birch. " Accessed 01/08/09
.......... Timbers of the World (1979-1980) 2: 165
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Wiselius, Houtvademecum (1990)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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