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Subject: Re: [IAWA Forum] "Chinese maple" flooring
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 09:59:20 +0200
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0447_01CD3FDD.36AA5FB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute of Japan has pictures up of Acer ginnala : http://f030091.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/JWDB-E/detailA_OM.php?-action=3Dbrowse&-= recid=3D211369 This looks very maple-y to me. Best, Pau ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Larry Osborn=20 To: iawa@COF.ORST.EDU=20 Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [IAWA Forum] "Chinese maple" flooring Greetings group I accidentally stumbled into another little mystery recently.=20 "Chinese maple" flooring imported to the US.=20 Does anybody out there have any idea what this stuff actually is? A single wood species? A select group of species? A random group of = species? Is the wood actually from Chinese forests, or some other country of = origin? Is it really a maple, or just another wood(s) marketed as "maple" for = the North American market? Is it being sold in Europe too? Same market name? A different market = name?=20 Acer ginnala, (Amur maple) was suggested as one possible wood, but I = cannot find any anatomy info or useful photos for any Chinese maples or = birches, in a language I can read, or at least decipher.=20 And I cannot find any actual known wood specimens to compare to.=20 Some confusing anatomic features observed in the one piece of flooring = that a peer has examined.=20 I just keep finding more questions, but no answers. An clues or guidance from the group would be very helpful. Thank you=20 Larry Osborn Research Associate - Wood Technology & Anatomy Appalachian Hardwood Center West Virginia University PO Box 6125 Morgantown WV 26506-6125 ------=_NextPart_000_0447_01CD3FDD.36AA5FB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 9.00.8112.16443"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY background=3D"" bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute of Japan</DIV> <DIV>has pictures up of <EM>Acer ginnala </EM>:<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://f030091.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/JWDB-E/detailA_OM.php?-action=3D= browse&-recid=3D211369">http://f030091.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/JWDB-E/detai= lA_OM.php?-action=3Dbrowse&-recid=3D211369</A></DIV> <DIV>This looks very maple-y to me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best, Pau</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: Larry Osborn <BR>To:=20 iawa@COF.ORST.EDU <BR>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:20 PM<BR>Subject: = Re:=20 [IAWA Forum] "Chinese maple" flooring<BR><BR><BR>Greetings = group<BR><BR>I=20 accidentally stumbled into another little mystery recently. <BR>"Chinese = maple"=20 flooring imported to the US. <BR><BR>Does anybody out there have any = idea what=20 this stuff actually is?<BR>A single wood species? A select group of = species? A=20 random group of species?<BR>Is the wood actually from Chinese forests, = or some=20 other country of origin?<BR>Is it really a maple, or just another = wood(s)=20 marketed as "maple" for the North American market?<BR>Is it being sold = in Europe=20 too? Same market name? A different market name? <BR><BR>Acer ginnala, = (Amur=20 maple) was suggested as one possible wood, but I cannot find any anatomy = info or=20 useful photos for any Chinese maples or birches, in a language I can = read, or at=20 least decipher. <BR>And I cannot find any actual known wood specimens to = compare=20 to. <BR>Some confusing anatomic features observed in the one piece of = flooring=20 that a peer has examined. <BR><BR>I just keep finding more questions, = but no=20 answers.<BR>An clues or guidance from the group would be very = helpful.<BR>Thank=20 you <BR><BR>Larry Osborn<BR>Research Associate - Wood Technology &=20 Anatomy<BR><BR><BR>Appalachian Hardwood Center<BR>West Virginia = University<BR>PO=20 Box 6125<BR>Morgantown WV 26506-6125</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0447_01CD3FDD.36AA5FB0-- . ...........IAWA Forum........... Members can post a message by sending it to iawa@cof.orst.edu. If it is rejected, most likely you are sending from a different e-mail address than the one with which you subscribed. If you hit "reply", your response will only go to the person who posted it. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majordomo@cof.orst.edu and include in the body either "subscribe iawa" or "unsubscribe iawa". For help, write owner-iawa@cof.orst.edu, or visit http://www.cof.orst.edu/org/iawa Archives can be retrieved from http://www.cof.orst.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/IAWA/archives The IAWA website is http://www.iawa-website.org ................................
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