Introduction
Wood has been used for thousands of years for fuel, as a construction material, for making tools and weapons, furniture and paper, and as a feed-stock for the production of purified cellulose and its derivatives, such as cellophane and cellulose acetate.1
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Research links
The links provided below are helpful links for our editors to use, they are by no means meant to be the only source. If you find links that are helpful for the research of this subject, please include them below.
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/index.php (Forest Products Laboratory)
https://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/ (US Forest Service Tree Search)
https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/forestry/hough/index.html (Romeyn B. Hough's American Woods)
http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/consumer/rediscovering-hardwoods/types-of-wood/ (Types of Wood by American Hardwoods)
https://ufei.calpoly.edu/ (Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute, Cal Poly)
https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/forestry/hough/index.html (Romeyn B. Hough. Radial, tangential, and cross-sections of 350 North American woods from the 14-volume rare book The American Woods.
https://www.arborday.org/ (Arbor Day Foundation)
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| 543 | 268. Myrica Cerifera L Romeyn B. Hough's American Woods, Volume XI plate 268 Reference: Plate_268.Jpg (JPEG Image, 1852 × 2711 Pixels) - Scaled (33%). https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/forestry/hough/vlgimage/plate_268.jpg. Accessed 18 Jan. 2020. |
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| 542 | Myrica Cerifera Linnaeus Middle-aged Myrica cerifera: Southern Waxmyrtle Reference: Watson, Edward F. Gilman and Dennis G. Figure 1. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ST410. Accessed 18 Jan. 2020. Source: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/LyraEDISServlet?command=getImageDetail&image_soid=FIGURE%201%20ST410&document_soid=ST410&document_version=9512 |
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| 541 | Southern Waxmrytle Male Female Flowers Showing the male and female flowers of the Southern Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera) Attribution: By Valis55 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57409589 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Wax_Myrtle_Flower_Sexing.jpg |
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| 539 | Mryica Californica Chamisso Pacific Waxmrytle tree in backyard. Reference: Morella-Californica-Tree-2.Jpg (JPEG Image, 650 × 491 Pixels). https://selectree.calpoly.edu/images/0900/50/original/morella-californica-tree-2.jpg. Accessed 17 Jan. 2020. |
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| 538 | Pacific Waxmrytle Fruit Wax Mrytle fruit and foliage. Reference: Pacific Wax Myrtle, Morella Californica | Native Plants PNW. http://nativeplantspnw.com/pacific-wax-myrtle-morella-californica/. Accessed 17 Jan. 2020. |
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| 516 | AHEC Grading Guide Grading guide to American Hardwoods Reference: Europe | AHEC. https://www.americanhardwood.org/index.php/en/eu?region=1. Accessed 28 Dec. 2019. |
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| 507 | 65. Carya Glabra (Mill) Britt. Romeyn B. Hough's American Woods, Volume III plate 65 Reference: Plate_65.Jpg (JPEG Image, 1862 × 2690 Pixels). https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/forestry/hough/vlgimage/plate_65.jpg. Accessed 7 Dec. 2019. |
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| 505 | Pignut Hickory Tree Bark Pignut Hickory tree bark Reference: Pignut Hickory. http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Clapp_Hansen_Siegel/Pages/Pignut_Hickory.html#Bark. Accessed 7 Dec. 2019. |
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| 506 | Pignut Hicorky Foliage Pignut Hickory foliage Reference: Sweet Pignut Hickory (Carya Ovalis). https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/sweet_pignut.html. Accessed 7 Dec. 2019. |
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| 503 | Carya Glabra (Miller) Sweet (Hicoria Glabra (Miller) Britton) Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carya_glabra.jpg Attribution: Supergrosfatty [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] |
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