Progress 12/18/03 to 12/18/08
Outputs
The Forest Products Laboratory maintains the world's largest research wood collection and has an extensive file of anatomical and physical/mechanical properties. Accomplishments include providing identification information for several thousand requests from throughout the world. This problem area was terminated as part of a reorganization of work units at the Forest Products Laboratory.
Impacts
We house and maintain the world's largest and best research wood collection, and have an extensive file of anatomical and properties data. Our resource is used by many scientists throughout the world. As a public service, we identify temperate and tropical wood samples for anyone who needs to know species, origin, and properties. We are considered the world's authority on wood identification.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/05 to 09/30/06
Outputs
Providing wood identifications and maintaining the Center's wood collections are of critical importance to the Forest Service, USDA, other government agencies, and wood users and producers as well as scientists in many fields. Generally wood identification is accurate only to the generic level, but woods of different species of the same genus often have different properties and perform differently under various conditions. Consequently, serious problems can develop if species or genera are mixed during the manufacturing process or in use. Since foreign woods are imported in the U.S. market, it is imperative that both buyers and sellers have access to correct identifications and information about properties and uses. In fiscal year 2006, we identified 1482 samples; 1086 were temperate species and 396 were tropical. The total number of requests for identifications was 602. Of these, 247 were from various industries (602 samples), 253 from the general public (452
samples), and 102 from government agencies including the Forest Service, museums, and universities (428 samples). The research wood collection grew by some 110 samples and now contains 103,410 samples. We cooperate with scientists throughout the world by providing sectioning blocks and duplicate specimens, and we added approximately 200 sectioned specimens to the slide collection. Industry, along with Federal and State agencies, foreign governments, Forest Service personnel, the scientific community, and private citizens regard the Center as the highest authority on questions concerning identifications, characteristics, and uses of wood, especially tropical and emerging species. Disseminating information is a very important aspect of the Center's mission. Often we are asked to supply information on properties and uses of native and foreign species. Information of this type is kept in various formats and is scattered in the literature. We collate information, convert it to standard
formats, and develop database structures that can readily retrieve selected information in an orderly and efficient manner. To assist in the dissemination of information we have developed our own web site at http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us. The Center's site includes information about our wood identification procedures, our wood collections, and properties of native and tropical woods. The site also contains two searchable databases. One database contains collection management data about each wood specimen in the original FPL (MADw) collection. This allows users to determine what specimens we have in the MADw collection, where they originated, who collected them, etc. The other searchable database contains 178,000 common name records. This database allows the user to search for a common or scientific name, which generates a matching list containing the common and scientific name, synonyms, family, country of origin, and a link to a technical information data sheet if one is available. The
database for the MADw collection (48,000 specimens) is fully operational on our web site. We are developing a similar database for the SJRw collection (55,000 specimens); approximately 6,000 SJRw records have been entered so far.
Impacts
We house and maintain the world's largest and best research wood collection, and have an extensive file of anatomical and properties data. Our resource is used by many scientists throughout the world. As a public service, we identify temperate and tropical wood samples for anyone who needs to know species, origin, and properties. We are considered the world's authority on wood identification.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/04 to 09/30/05
Outputs
Providing wood identifications and maintaining the Center's wood collections are of critical importance to the Forest Service, USDA, other government agencies, and wood users and producers as well as scientists in many fields. Generally wood identification is accurate only to the generic level, but woods of different species of the same genus often have different properties and perform differently under various conditions. Consequently, serious problems can develop if species or genera are mixed during the manufacturing process or in use. Since foreign woods are imported in the U.S. market, it is imperative that both buyers and sellers have access to correct identifications and information about properties and uses. In fiscal year 2005, we identified 1279 samples; 871 were temperate species and 408 were tropical. The total number of requests for identifications was 555. Of these, 241 were from various industries (477 samples), 210 from the general public (419
samples), and 104 from government agencies including the Forest Service, museums, and universities (383 samples). The research wood collection grew by some 100 samples and now contains 103,300 samples. We cooperate with scientists throughout the world by providing sectioning blocks and duplicate specimens, and we added 50 sectioned specimens to the slide collection. Industry, along with Federal and State agencies, foreign governments, Forest Service personnel, the scientific community, and private citizens regard the Center as the highest authority on questions concerning identifications, characteristics, and uses of wood, especially tropical and emerging species. Disseminating information is a very important aspect of the Center's mission. Often we are asked to supply information on properties and uses of native and foreign species. Information of this type is kept in various formats and is scattered in the literature. We collate information, convert it to standard formats, and
develop database structures that can readily retrieve selected information in an orderly and efficient manner. To assist in the dissemination of information we have developed our own web site at http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us. The Center's site includes information about our wood identification procedures, our wood collections, and properties of native and tropical woods. The site also contains two searchable databases. One database contains collection management data about each wood specimen in the original FPL (MADw) collection. This allows users to determine what specimens we have in the MADw collection, where they originated, who collected them, etc. The other searchable database contains 178,000 common name records. This database allows the user to search for a common or scientific name, which generates a matching list containing the common and scientific name, synonyms, family, country of origin, and a link to a technical information data sheet if one is available. The database for
the MADw collection (48,000 specimens) is fully operational on our web site. We are developing a similar database for the SJRw collection (55,000 specimens); approximately 6000 SJRw records have been entered so far.
Impacts
We house and maintain the world's largest and best research wood collection, and have an extensive file of anatomical and properties data. Our resource is used by many scientists throughout the world. As a public service, we identify temperate and tropical wood samples for anyone who needs to know species, origin, and properties. We are considered the world's authority on wood identification.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/03 to 09/29/04
Outputs
Providing wood identifications and maintaining the Center's wood collections are of critical importance to the Forest Service, the USDA, other government agencies, and wood users and producers as well as scientists in related fields of botany, ecology, anthropology, forestry, and wood technology. Generally wood identification is accurate only to the generic level, but woods of different species of the same genus often have different properties and perform differently under various conditions. Consequently, serious problems can develop if species or genera are mixed during the manufacturing process and in use. Since foreign woods are imported in the U.S. market, it is imperative that both buyers and sellers have access to correct identifications and information about their properties and uses. In fiscal year 2004, we identified 1008 samples; 702 were temperate in origin and 306 were tropical in origin. The total number of requests was 451. Of these, 221 were from
various industries (569 samples); 173 from the general public (297 samples); and 57 from government agencies including the Forest Service, museums, and universities (142 samples). The research wood collection grew by 115 samples and now contains approximately 103,200 samples. We cooperate with scientists throughout the world by providing sectioning blocks and duplicate specimens, and we added approximately 85 sectioned specimens to the slide collection. Industry, along with Federal and State agencies, foreign governments, Forest Service personnel, the scientific community, and private citizens regard the Center as the highest authority on questions concerning identifications, characteristics, and uses of wood, especially tropical and emerging species. Technology transfer and/or disseminating information is a very important aspect of the Center's mission. Often we are asked to supply information on properties, uses, and other data on native and tropical species. Information of this
type is kept in various formats and is scattered in the literature. We collate information, convert it to standard formats, and develop database structures that can readily retrieve selected information in an orderly and efficient manner. To assist in our technology transfer efforts, we have developed a web site at http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us. The Center's site includes information about our wood identification procedures, our wood collections, and physical and strength properties of native and tropical woods. The site also contains two searchable databases. One database contains data about collector, geographic origin, etc. for each wood specimen in the original FPL (MADw) collection (approx. 49,000 specimens). Data from the S.J. Record wood collection is currently being entered. The other searchable database contains approximately 100,000 common names. This database allows the user to search for a common or scientific name that generates a matching list containing the common and
scientific name, synonyms, family, country of origin, and a link to a technical information data sheet if one is available.
Impacts
We house and maintain the world's largest and best research wood collection, which is used by many scientists throughout the world. As a public service, we identify temperate and tropical wood samples for anyone who needs to know the species, origin and properties. We are considered the world's authority on wood identification.
Publications
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Progress 10/01/02 to 09/30/03
Outputs
Providing wood identifications and maintaining the Center's wood collections are of critical importance to the Forest Service, the USDA, other government agencies, and wood users and producers as well as scientists in related fields of botany, ecology, anthropology, forestry, and wood technology. Generally wood identification is accurate only to the generic level, but woods of different species of the same genus often have different properties and perform differently under various conditions. Consequently, serious problems can develop if species or genera are mixed during the manufacturing process and in use. Since foreign woods are imported in the U.S. market, it is imperative that both buyers and sellers have access to correct identifications and information about their properties and uses. In fiscal year 2003, we identified 895 samples; 613 were temperate in origin and 282 were tropical in origin. The total number of requests was 395. Of these, 151 were from
various industries (340 samples); 154 from the general public (295 samples); and 90 from government agencies including the Forest Service, museums, and universities (260 samples). The research wood collection grew by 155 samples and now contains approximately 103,000 samples. We cooperate with scientists throughout the world by providing sectioning blocks and duplicate specimens, and we added approximately 125 sectioned specimens to the slide collection. Industry, along with Federal and State agencies, foreign governments, Forest Service personnel, the scientific community, and private citizens regard the Center as the highest authority on questions concerning identifications, characteristics, and uses of wood, especially tropical and emerging species. Technology transfer and/or disseminating information is a very important aspect of the Center's mission. Often we are asked to supply information on properties, uses, and other data on native and tropical species. Information of this
type is kept in various formats and is scattered in the literature. We collate information, convert it to standard formats, and develop database structures that can readily retrieve selected information in an orderly and efficient manner. To assist in our technology transfer efforts, we have developed a web site at http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us. The Center's site includes information about our wood identification procedures, our wood collections, and physical and strength properties of native and tropical woods. The site also contains two searchable databases. One database contains data about collector, geographic origin, etc., for each wood specimen in the original FPL (MADw) collection (approx. 49,000 specimens). Data from the S.J. Record wood collection is currently being entered. The other searchable database contains approximately 100,000 common names. This database allows the user to search for a common or scientific name that generates a matching list containing the common and
scientific name, synonyms, family, country of origin, and a link to a technical information data sheet if one is available.
Impacts
We house and maintain the world's largest and best research wood collection, which is used by many scientists throughout the world. As a public service, we identify temperate and tropical wood samples for anyone who needs to know the species, origin and properties. We are considered the world's authority on wood identification.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/01 to 09/30/02
Outputs
Providing wood identifications and maintaining the Center's wood collections are of critical importance to the Forest Service, the USDA, other government agencies, and wood users and producers as well as scientists in related fields of botany, ecology, anthropology, forestry, and wood technology. Generally wood identification is accurate only to the generic level, but woods of different species of the same genus often have different properties and perform differently under various conditions. Consequently, serious problems can develop if species or genera are mixed during the manufacturing process and in use. Since foreign woods are imported in the U.S. market, it is imperative that both buyers and sellers have access to correct identifications and information about their properties and uses. In fiscal year 2002, we identified 1,809 samples; 1,529 were temperate in origin and 280 were tropical in origin. Total number of requests was 439. Of these, 158 were from
various industries (321 samples); 154 from the general public (253 samples); and 127 from government agencies including the Forest Service, museums, and universities (1,235 samples). The research wood collection grew by 178 samples and now contains approximately 103,000 samples. We cooperate with scientists throughout the world by providing sectioning blocks and duplicate specimens, and we added approximately 154 sectioned specimens to the slide collection. Industry, along with Federal and State agencies, foreign governments, Forest Service personnel, the scientific community, and private citizens regard the Center as the highest authority on questions concerning identifications, characteristics, and uses of wood especially tropical and emerging species. Technology transfer and/or disseminating information is a very important aspect of the Center's mission. Often we are asked to supply information on properties, uses, and other data on native and tropical species. Information of this
type is kept in various formats and is scattered in the literature. We collate information, convert it to standard formats, and develop database structures that can readily retrieve selected information in an orderly and efficient manner. To assist in our technology transfer efforts, we have developed a web site at http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us. The Center's site includes information about our wood identification procedures, our wood collections, and physical and strength properties of native and tropical woods. The site also contains two searchable databases. One database contains data about collector, geographic origin, etc. for each wood specimen in the original FPL (MADw) collection (approx. 49,000 specimens). Data from the S.J. Record wood collection is currently being entered. The other searchable database contains approximately 100,000 common names. This database allows the user to search for a common or scientific name that generates a matching list containing the common and
scientific name, synonyms, family, country of origin, and a link to a technical information data sheet if one is available.
Impacts
We house and maintain the world's largest and best research wood collection, which is used by many scientists throughout the world. As a public service we identify temperate and tropical wood samples for anyone who needs to know the species, origin and properties. We are considered the world's authority on wood identification.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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