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An easy-to-understand introduction to wood; how it's grown, harvested, logged, treated, and turned into thousands of useful products.
The types of wood you choose can affect a product’s strength, appearance, durability and cost. Whether you're building furniture, framing a house or choosing outdoor materials, understanding wood types is essential.
Wood is a structural tissue/material found as xylem in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. Being a natural material, it is characterized as an organic material – a natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin and hemicelluloses that resists compression. [1][2]
Wood, the principal strengthening and nutrient-conducting tissue of trees and other plants and one of the most abundant and versatile natural materials. It is strong in relation to its weight, is insulating to heat and electricity, and has desirable acoustic properties.
It’s common knowledge that wood comes from trees. What may not be so apparent is the structure of the wood itself, and the individual components that make up any given piece of lumber.
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The database also contains detailed descriptions of hardwood and softwood types, including an identification guide of wood properties that can help you discover and choose the perfect wood structure and texture required for furniture, decoration, decking, and other objects made from wood.
