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  2. Traditional dyes of the Scottish Highlands - Wikipedia

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    A very fine red is obtained from this. Strip the bark off the roots, then boil them in water to extract the remainder of the virtue, then take the roots out and put the bark in, and boil that and the yarn together, adding alum to fix the colour. Galium boreale – treated in the same way as Galium verum above. Purple-red

  3. Notholithocarpus - Wikipedia

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    Notholithocarpus densiflorus, commonly known as the tanoak or tanbark-oak, is a broadleaf tree in the family Fagaceae, and the type species of the genus Notholithocarpus. It is a hardwood tree that is native to the far western United States, particularly Oregon and California. It ranges from 15–40 meters (49–131 feet) in height, with a ...

  4. Tanbark - Wikipedia

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    In California, Notholithocarpus densiflorus (commonly known as the tanoak or tanbark-oak) was used. [citation needed] In America, condensed tannins are also present in the bark of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica). [5] In New York, on the slopes of Mount Tremper, hemlock bark was a major source of tanbark during the 19th century. [citation ...

  5. Quercus robur - Wikipedia

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    Quercus robur, the pedunculate oak or English oak, [3] [4] is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native to most of Europe and western Asia , and is widely cultivated in other temperate regions.

  6. Quercus suber - Wikipedia

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    The thick, longitudinally cracked cork layers of the gray-brown trunk bark are characteristic of the cork oak. The cambium of the smooth bark of young trees forms a cork layer very early on, which can be 3 to 5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 to 2 in) thick. The light and spongy cork fabric shows vertical cracks and is white on the outside and red to red-brown ...

  7. Quercitannic acid - Wikipedia

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    Quercitannic acid is one of the two forms of tannic acid [1] found in oak bark and leaves. [2] The other form is called gallotannic acid and is found in oak galls. The quercitannic acid molecule is also present in quercitron, a yellow dye obtained from the bark of the Eastern black oak (Quercus velutina), a forest tree indigenous in North America.

  8. Foamy bark canker - Wikipedia

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    The foamy bark canker is a disease affecting oak trees in California caused by the fungus Geosmithia sp. #41 and spread by the Western oak bark beetle (Pseudopityophthorus pubipennis). This disease is only seen through the symbiosis of the bark beetles and the fungal pathogen .

  9. Quercus frainetto - Wikipedia

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    Quercus frainetto is a large deciduous tree, reaching heights of 38 metres (125 feet) tall by 20 m (66 ft) broad, [3] with a trunk girth of nearly 2 m (7 ft). The bark is light gray in colour and cracks into small square cracking plates.