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
Welcome to the Wood category. Please use this category for your research projects pertaining to the study and research of wood. The wood research projects could include analysis about lumber and the properties and attributes of a specific wood species.
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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)
Featured projects
The American Woods Project
United States of America State Trees
State Trees
Recent pages In this category
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American Woods The Softwoods - Conifers Spruce |
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American Woods The Hardwoods - Broadleafs |
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| Red Pine |
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American Woods The Softwoods - Conifers Pine |
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| Pecan |
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American Woods The Hardwoods - Broadleafs Hickory |
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American Woods The Softwoods - Conifers The Hardwoods - Broadleafs Fir Pine Cedar |
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22 | BiellaTrecciolino Legna Wood stacked along the Trecciolino road. Logs of trees from the forests of Biella, Piedmont, Italy. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biella-Trecciolino_-_legna.jpg |
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90 | US Forestry Regions Map USDA Forest Service Regional map shows the forestry jurisdiction and maintenance boundaries established by the USDA. Reference: USDA Forest Service - Appeal Responses. https://www.fs.fed.us/appeals/. Accessed 6 July 2018. |
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91 | How a Tree Grows Illustration for "How a Tree Grows" Reference: Schoonover, Shelley E. 1886-. American Woods pg. 7. Santa Monica, Calif.: Watling, 1951. |
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92 | Cross Section Of Tree Trunk Pg. 8 Schoonover "American Woods" Illustration for "Cross-Section of Tree Trunk" Reference: Schoonover, Shelley E. 1886-. American Woods pg. 8. Santa Monica, Calif.: Watling, 1951. |
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93 | Methods Of Cutting Logs Into Lumber And Veneers "American Woods" Illustration for "Methods of Cutting Logs Into Lumber and Veneers" Reference: Schoonover, Shelley E. 1886-. American Woods pg. 11. Santa Monica, Calif.: Watling, 1951. |