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| Additionally, wood from different types of trees have different colors and grain densities. Because of these differences, and the fact that some woods take longer to grow than others, wood from different kinds of trees have different qualities and values. For example, while ] is a dark, dense, hardwood which is excellent for fine crafting, ] is light, soft, and almost spongelike, making it useful in other ways, like for model building. | Additionally, wood from different types of trees have different colors and grain densities. Because of these differences, and the fact that some woods take longer to grow than others, wood from different kinds of trees have different qualities and values. For example, while ] is a dark, dense, hardwood which is excellent for fine crafting, ] is light, soft, and almost spongelike, making it useful in other ways, like for model building. | ||
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Wood is the primary content of trees and other plants. Everything in a plant, apart from the leaves, needles and bark is wood. In other words, wood is the inside of the plant's stem.
Wood is made of cellulose fibers, held together with lignin, produced naturally by plants.
When cut down and dried, wood is used for many different, useful purposes. Processed wood turns into paper. Artists shape and join pieces of wood with special tools, which is called woodworking. Wood has been an important construction material since humans began building shelters, and remains in plentiful use today.
In modern times, many of the traditional uses of wood have been taken over by metal and plastics.
Cut wood is apparantly classified by hardness but this is misleading. The wood from conifers eg pine is called often soft wood., The wood from broad leaved trees eg oak is called hardwood. Some "hard wood" eg balsa, are actually softer than most softwoods.
Additionally, wood from different types of trees have different colors and grain densities. Because of these differences, and the fact that some woods take longer to grow than others, wood from different kinds of trees have different qualities and values. For example, while mahogany is a dark, dense, hardwood which is excellent for fine crafting, balsa is light, soft, and almost spongelike, making it useful in other ways, like for model building.
See also: tree, paper, Chinese five elements, botanical names of wood