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This book, Wood Properties of the Global Important Tree Species, describes 458 tree species, including 84 coniferous tree species within 32 genera and 8 families; 374 broad-leaved tree species within 257 genera and 66 families, with an attachment of 1338 microscope photos. For easily searching, the global wood database was constructed in an arrange of Latin name, source, use, macro-structure characteristics, micro-structure characteristics as well as wood properties.
Common name, tree and distribution, wood characteristics, anatomical features, wood properties and wood uses are dealt with to each species.
 

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Foreword
Chapter 1  Introduction
Chapter 2  Chinese Woods
　GYMNOSPERMAE
　　Cephalotaxusfortunei Hook. f. (Cephalotaxaceae)
　　Cupressusfunebris Endl. (Cupressaceae)
　　Fokienia hodginsii A. Henry et H. H. Thomas (Cupressaceae)
　　Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco (Cupressaceae)
　　Sabina chinensis (L.) Ant. (Cupressaceae)
　Ginkgo biloba Linn. (Ginkgoaceae)
　　Abiesfabri (Mast.) Craib (Pinaceae)..
　　Abies holophylla Maxim. (Pinaceae)
　　Cathaya argyrophylla Chun et Kuang (Pinaceae)..
　　Keteleeria evelyniana Mast. (Pinaceae)
　　Larix grnelini (Rupr.) Rupr. (Pinaceae).
　　Larix mastersiana Rehd. et Wils. (Pinaceae)
　　Picea asperata Mast. (Pinaceae).
　　Piceaje2oensis Carr. vat. microsperma (Lindl.) Cheng et L. K. Fu(Pinaceae)
　　Pinus armandi Franch. (Pinaceae)
　　Pinus densata Mast. (Pinaceae)
　　Pinus elliottii Engelm. (Pinaceae)
　　Pinus hwangshanensis Hsia (Pinaceae)
　　Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc. (Pinaceae)
　　Pinus kwangtungensis Chun et Tsiang (Pinaceae)
　　Pinus massoniana Lamb. (Pinaceae)
　　Pinus syIvestris L. vat. mongolica Litv. (Pinaceae)
　　Pinus yunnanensis Franch. (Pinaceae)
　　Pseudotsuga sinensis Dode (Pinaceae)
　　Tsuga chinensis (Franch.) Pritz. (Pinaceae)
　　Dacrydium pierrei Hickel. (Podocarpaceae)
　　Podocarpus imbricatus Blume (Podocarpaceae)
　　Taxus chinensis (Pilger) Rehd. (Taxaceae)
　　Torreya grandis Fort. ex Lindl. (Taxaceae)
　　Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. (Taxodiaceae)
　　Glyptostrobus pensilis (Lamb.) K. Koch. (Taxodiaceae)
　　Metasequoia glyptosroboides Hu et Cheng (Taxodiaceae)
　ANGIOSPERMAE
　　Acer buergerianum Mig. (Aceraceae)
　　Acer mono Maxim. (Aceraceae)
Chapter 3　Southest Asia and the South Pacific Woods
Chapter 4　Tropcal American Woods
Chapter 5  Tropical African Woods
Chapter 6  Europena Woods
Chapter 7  North American Woods
References
Latin name index of genus and species
 

The book is published by Science Press in Beijing.
first edition, first print, in stock, send in two or three days.

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