Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology

The Korean Society of Wood Science & Technology (한국목재공학회)
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Species Identification of Wooden Structural Members of the Beomeo Temple

  • Eom, Young Geun (Department of Forest Products, College of Forest Science, Kookmin University) ;
  • Kim, Hwa Sung (Department of Forest Products, College of Forest Science, Kookmin University) ;
  • Xu, Guang Zhu (Department of Forest Products, College of Forest Science, Kookmin University)
  • Received : 2004.09.10
  • Accepted : 2004.12.10
  • Published : 2005.03.25
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Abstract

Tree species of wooden structural members of the Beomeo Temple were identified based on light and scanning electron microscopic characters in the present study. Of 10 structural members, 9 softwoods and 1 hardwood were identified. Among softwood members, 7 belonged to hard pine of the Sylvestris section, and the remaining 2 to hard pine of other than the Sylvestris section and hemlock of the genus Tsuga, respectively. A single hardwood member was identified as white oak of the Prinus section under the subgenus Lepidobalanus.

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Supported by : Agricultural Research & Development Center (ARPC) in Korea

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