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This chapter aims to give some basic knowledge to understand and make the best use of the book. After an overview on the three anatomical planes, the main wood features are presented, from the most evident macroscopic ones to the inner cellular composition and structure of softwoods and hardwoods.
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Ruffinatto, F., Crivellaro, A. (2019). Plans of Observation and Wood Structure. In: Atlas of Macroscopic Wood Identification. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23566-6_1
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