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Ashed Bark, Arizona Sycamore Wood Under the Microscope

Ashed Arizona Sycamore Bark

This is ash from an Arizona Sycamore collected from a wildfire burn zone north of Banning California. It was ashed in the laboratory using a muffle furnace at 450 Celsius (about 850 Farhenheit).

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KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots ORDER: Proteales FAMILY: Platanaceae GENUS: Platanus SPECIES: wrightii

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