Forestry Terms

3. An engineered lumber product that includes three or more layers of veneer glued together.
7. logs that are sawn into lumber used for building houses, furniture, or other wood products
10. a tree that grows new leaves in the spring of each year, and then loses those leaves in the fall
12. Natural wildlife food like hickory nuts, beechnuts, and acorns
14. an imperfection in lumber that occurs where a branch is attached to the trunk; weakens the strength of the wood
15. a tree with broad, flat leaves that remain green throughout the year
17. a tree whose leaves are needles or scales that remain green throughout the year, even in winter (a type of softwood species)
18. a collection of maple trees that are tapped for collecting sap
19. the sugary, watery substance in trees
21. the term used to describe the translocation of sugar from roots to shoots of the tree
23. the timber that has been sawn into long boards for planks. Wood that has been cut into boards of various sizes
24. a tree that has needlelike leaves, but loses those leaves in the fall

1. a woody, vascular seed plant that produces bare seeds that may be protected by a sturdy cone
2. the xylem of the tree trunk that carries water and nutrients from the roots to the shoots of the tree. They are lighter-colored wood in the trunk
3. the smaller coniferous trees grown to produce paper and paper products like cardboard
4. the innermost part of the trunk of the tree
5. plants that bear seeds in vessels
6. a thin slice of decorative wood that is glued over the top of a foundation of other less decorative logs
8. a small metal spout placed in trees to drain the sap
9. the leaves and branches at the top of the tree; the site of photosynthesis
11. the practice of growing trees for production (also known as forestry)
13. a deciduous tree with leaves with broad, flat blades
16. the outer covering of the trunk, branches, and twigs; dead phloem cells that protect the tree from insects, disease, and even fire.
20. a layer of cells that make up the xylem and phloem of plants (the thin layer of actively growing tissue in a tree trunk that produces the growth rings seen when the tree is cut down)
22. Vascular tissue responsible for carrying nutrients produced in the plant down toward the roots