Wood anatomy and identification
Wood identification is typically completed by means of comparing anatomical features observed at both low and high magnification and comparison with reference to authentic material. Wood specimens can usually be identified to genus level and sometimes to species level. Macroscopic analysis involves using the wood...
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What wood is that?
Woods are divided into two main groups, the softwoods and hardwoods. These terms actually relate to the tree's botanical classification (the softwoods referring to the gymnosperms and the hardwoods referring to the angiosperms) and not the actual hardness of the wood, which can cause some...
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