Amount Of Tannin In The Bark Of Some Of The Trees In The United States
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This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V25", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
Amount Of Tannin In The Bark Of Some Of The Trees In The United States
United States Forestry Bulletin, No. 24, C. S. Sargent, Special Agent in charge, gives the following:
BOTANICAL NAME. | COMMON NAME. | REGION. | Percentage of Tannin. | Percentage of Ash. |
Gordonia Lasianthus..... | Loblolly Bay. Red Bay.............. | Southern Atlantic....... | 13.14 | 2.35 |
Prosopis juliflora..... | Mesquit, Algaroba....... | Mexican Boundary.... | 4.04 | 8.71 |
Rhizophora mangle.... | Mangrove........................... | Gulf Coast.............. | 31.04 | 6.70 |
Exostemma Caribaeum..... | ................ | Semi-tropical Florida... | 5.81 | 7.16 |
Quercus alba......... | White Oak.......................... | Atlantic....... | 5.0!) | 6.11 |
Macrocarpa....... | Burr Oak, White Oak.............. | a | 4.50 | 8.05 |
Prinus........... | Chesnut Oak.......... | Southern Atlantic...... | 6.25 | 3.83 |
Muhlenbergii. old tree.... | Chcsnut Oak, Yellow Oak.......... | Atlantic................. | 4 33 | 8.38 |
Muhlenbergii, young tree. | " " | " | 10.33 | 6.23 |
virens...................... | Live Oak............................ | Southern Atlantic... | 10.40 | 8.89 |
Emoryi.................... | Black Oak........................... | Mexican Boundary..... | 9.76 | 15.09 |
rubra...................... | Red Oak ............................ | Atlantic..... | 4.56 | 4.43 |
tinctoria........ | Black Oak, Quereitron Oak....... | " | 5.90 | 5.73 |
Kelloggii....... | Black Oak........................... | Pacific Coast............ | 6.70 | 8.64 |
faleata........... | Spanish Oak.......... | Southern Atlantic...... | 8.50 | 4.32 |
nigra.......... | Black Jack, barren Oak........ | Atlantic................. | 4.36 | 6.28 |
densiflora........ | Tanbark Oak, Chestnut Oak........ | Pacific Coast............ | 16.46 | 3.84 |
Castanea vulgaris, var. Americana . | Chesnut.......... | Atlantic........ | 6.25 | 2.00 |
Picea nigra.............. | Black Spruce, Red Spruce......... | Northern Atlantic...... | 7.20 | 2.84 |
Engelmanni........... | .............. | Interior Pacific | 20.56 | 2.75 |
Engelmanni........... | ............... | " " | 17.01 | 2.32 |
Engelmanni................... | ................. | 11 11 | 12.60 | 0.75 |
Tsuga Canadensis ............ | Hemlock................. | Northern Atlantic........ | 13.11 | 1.31 |
Meternsiana........... | 11 | Northern Pacific........ | 14.42 | 1.44 |
Mertensiana......... | " | " " | 15.87 | 1.49 |
Pattoniana................... | " | " " | 15.72 | 2.48 |
Pseudotsuga Douglasii............. | Red Fir, Yeliow Fir................ | Pacific.......... | 13.79 | 1.56 |
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