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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.

Name all files and images appropriately before uploading to our server. Image and files that contain arbitrary titles or naming conventions will be removed from this wiki.

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Create a project in the Wood category by clicking on Create a Wiki Page. Once the page is created you can choose the Wood category in the "Properties" tab of your wiki page project.

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)

Featured Images

Diagram showing functions of different parts of a tree
Attribution: Courtesy of the New Tree Experts Manual by Richard R. Fenska
Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/53535/53535-h/53535-h.htm A grove of Bald Cypress, location unknown
Reference: Baldcypress: King of the Swamp • Arbor Day Blog. https://arbordayblog.org/treeoftheweek/baldcypress-king-swamp/. Accessed 28 Dec. 2018.
The General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park
Attribution: By Bradluke22 (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Sherman.jpg

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Files and images in this category

File Gallery: Wood

  ID T Name Actions
659 Balm-of-Gilead Poplar Tree
Balm-of-Gilead Poplar Tree
Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/351883
656 Balm-of-Gilead Poplar Tree Bark
Tree bark Balm-of-Gilead Poplar
Source: https://www.wildnesswithinliving.com/blog/2016/4/2/balm-of-gilead
654 Balm-of-Gilead Poplar Foliage
Foliage of the Balm-of-Gilead Poplar
Attribution: Hornbeam Arts
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hornbeam/40821270104/in/photostream/
629 Bigtooth Aspen Buds
Bigtooth Aspen bud
Reference: Photograph by Christopher Burnett
Source: https://fineartamerica.com/
623 Populus Grandidentata (Michaux)
Bigtooth Aspen, Populus Grandidentata (Michaux)
Source: www.starhillforest.com
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
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
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.
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.
590 Populus Tremuloides Michaux

References

1 Wikipedia contributors. "Wood." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 9 Feb. 2017. Web. 11 Feb. 2017.
 

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