Gymnosperm Wood
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Curtis, Lersten, and Nowak 2002 rev. 2019
Sequoia wood cross section.
Thuja wood radial section with vascular ray and bordered pits where the tracheids overlap.
Abies
(fir) wood radial section.
Larix
(larch, tamarack) wood cross section with resin canal.
Larix
(larch, tamarack) wood tangential section.
Larix
(larch, tamarack) wood radial section.
Larix
(larch, tamarack) wood radial section with conspicuous vascular rays.
Pseudotsuga
(Douglas-fir) wood cross section with obvious annual rings.
Pseudotsuga
(Douglas-fir) wood cross section with resin canals.
Pseudotsuga
(Douglas-fir) wood tangential section.
Pseudotsuga
(Douglas-fir) wood radial section.
Pseudotsuga
(Douglas-fir) wood radial section with conspicuousl vascular rays and bordered pits where tracheids overlap.
Pseudotsuga
(Douglas-fir) wood radial section bordered pit closeup.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood cross section.
Pine (
Pinus
) cross section closup with tracheids from summerwood below and from springwood above.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood cross section.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood cross section with resin canals.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood cross section with developing resin canal.
Developing resin canal.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood cross section showing xylem, vascular cambium, and Bark.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood tangential section.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood tangential section.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood tangential section showing three pairs of bordered pits.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood radial section.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood radial section.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood radial section.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood radial section.
Pine (
Pinus
) wood radial section with fungi.
