Editing Gravestone (section)

===Metal, wood and plants===
[[File:Grave Marker in the Form of a Copper, late 19th century, 08.491.8895.jpg|thumbnail|upright|''Grave Marker'', Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw (Native American), late 19th century, wood, pigment, [[Brooklyn Museum]]]]
[[File:Maggie mcleod syllabics.JPG|left|thumb|upright|Wood grave marker using [[Canadian Aboriginal syllabics|Canadian Syllabics]]]]
[[File:Ekshärad kyrka garvkors.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Iron cross on a grave in [[Ekshärad]] cemetery]]
[[File:Grave markers in Heidal Church, Norway.jpg|left|thumb|Wooden grave markers stored at Heidal Church, Norway]]
* '''Iron'''. [[Iron]] grave markers and decorations were popular during the [[Victorian era]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and elsewhere, often being produced by specialist [[foundries]] or the local [[blacksmith]]. [[Cast iron]] headstones have lasted for generations while [[wrought iron]]work often only survives in a rusted or eroded state. In eastern [[Värmland]], Sweden, iron crosses instead of stones have been popular since the 18th century.
* '''White bronze'''. Actually sand cast [[zinc]], but called white bronze for marketing purposes. Almost all, if not all, zinc grave markers were made by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, CT, between 1874 and 1914. The company set up subsidiaries in Detroit, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Des Moines; a Chicago subsidiary was named the American Bronze Company, while the St. Thomas White Bronze Monument Company was set up in Ontario, Canada.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jarvis|first1=Dale Gilbert|last2=Drover|first2=Kelly|date=2018|title=A Survey of White Bronze Mortuary Monuments in St. Johns's|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RJLZRMgsuLy_p3G6farp9I49Gcw5Ih2V/view|journal=The Newfoundland Ancestor|volume=34|issue=1|pages=27–38|access-date=28 June 2020|archive-date=1 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701175332/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RJLZRMgsuLy_p3G6farp9I49Gcw5Ih2V/view|url-status=live}}</ref> They are in cemeteries of the period all across the U.S. and Canada. They were sold as more durable than marble, about 1/3 less expensive and progressive.
* '''Wood'''. This was a popular material during the [[Georgian era|Georgian]] and [[Victorian era]], and almost certainly before, in [[Great Britain]] and elsewhere. Some could be very ornate, although few survive beyond 50–100 years due to natural decomposition or termites and other wood boring insects.  In [[Hungary]], the ''kopjafa'' is a traditional carved wooden grave marker.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cunningham |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxGByL8V24EC&dq=%22kopjafa%22&pg=PA213 |title=Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex |date=2004 |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-79-6 |pages=213 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kunt |first=Ernő |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJTfAAAAMAAJ |title=Folk Art in Hungarian Cemeteries |date=1983 |publisher=Corvina Kiadó |isbn=978-963-13-1359-8 |pages=52 |language=en}}</ref>
* '''Planting'''. Trees or shrubs, particularly roses, may be planted, especially to mark the location of ashes. This may be accompanied by a small inscribed metal or wooden marker.