Wood structure and properties. A review

10 Setembro 2026, 11:15 • Ana Carina dos Santos Lourenço

Forest products as raw materials

The structure of tree trunks

Wood growth rings

Two basic types of wood - hardwood and softwoods

Wood as a material mode of cells

Pits – flow between cells in softwood tracheids

Perforation plates – flow of water in hardwood vessels

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