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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Files and images in this category
File Gallery: Wood
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| 629 | Bigtooth Aspen Buds Bigtooth Aspen bud Reference: Photograph by Christopher Burnett Source: https://fineartamerica.com/ |
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| 623 | Populus Grandidentata (Michaux) Bigtooth Aspen, Populus Grandidentata (Michaux) Source: www.starhillforest.com |
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| 621 | Bigtooth Aspen Tree Bark Bigtooth Aspen tree bark Attribution: Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org Source: https://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0008013 |
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| 619 | Big Tooth Aspen Foliage Leaves of Bigtooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata) Attribution: User:Schzmo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Populus_grandidentata.JPG |
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| 592 | 72. Populus Tremuloides, Michx. Romeyn B. Hough's American Woods, Volume III plate 72 Reference: Plate_72.Jpg (JPEG Image, 1883 × 2711 Pixels) — Scaled (33%). https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/forestry/hough/vlgimage/plate_72.jpg. Accessed 21 Apr. 2021. |
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| 591 | Quaking Aspen-National Reproductive Stand Page 110 Schoonover "American Woods" Illustration for "Quaking Aspen-National Reproductive Stand" Reference: Schoonover, Shelley E. 1886-. American Woods pg. 110 Santa Monica, Calif.: Watling, 1951. |
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| 590 | Populus Tremuloides Michaux |
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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 |