FORESTRY
PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY
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Question
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summer wood
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early wood
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spring wood
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late wood
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Detailed explanation-1: -The light-colored rings represent wood that grew in the spring and early summer, while the dark rings represent wood that grew in the late summer and fall. One light ring plus one dark ring equals one year of the tree’s life.
Detailed explanation-2: -The wood formed at the beginning of the growing season is the earlywood (in north temperate regions often referred to as springwood); the wood formed later in the season is the latewood (in north temperate regions often referred to as summerwood). The latewood generally is denser and darker than the earlywood.
Detailed explanation-3: -Since it has considerably more wood material within its cells, latewood is often noticeably darker in color than its neighboring earlywood.