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Across
  1. 5. a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.
  2. 7. a young plant, especially one raised from seed and not from a cutting.
  3. 8. an area of land covered by forests.
  4. 9. plant vascular tissue that conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant and also provides physical support
  5. 10. a tree that bears cones and needle-like or scale-like leaves that are typically evergreen.
  6. 11. a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.
  7. 13. the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves.
  8. 18. another term for tree ring.
  9. 20. the cultivation of trees and shrubs.
  10. 22. a thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to a coarser wood or other material.
  11. 23. the wood from a conifer (such as pine, fir, or spruce) as distinguished from that of broadleaved trees.
  12. 25. a type of strong thin wooden board consisting of two or more layers glued and pressed together with the direction of the grain alternating, and usually sold in sheets of four by eight feet.
  13. 26. the wood from a broadleaved tree (such as oak, ash, or beech) as distinguished from that of conifers.
  14. 28. a unit of volume for timber equal to 144 cubic inches, notionally twelve inches by twelve inches by one inch.
  15. 29. is pipeline through which food is passed to the rest of the tree.
  16. 30. the process, fact, or amount of shrinking.
Down
  1. 1. a wood (as of aspen, hemlock, pine, or spruce) used in making pulp for paper.
  2. 2. move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.
  3. 3. the ability of a material to resist deformation
  4. 4. sharply defined; easy to perceive or understand.
  5. 6. freedom from discomfort, worry, or anxiety
  6. 10. a cellular plant tissue from which phloem, xylem, or cork grows by division, resulting (in woody plants) in secondary thickening.
  7. 12. relating to or denoting a plant that retains green leaves throughout the year.
  8. 14. the dense inner part of a tree trunk, yielding the hardest timber.
  9. 15. land covered with forest suitable or managed for timber.
  10. 16. a woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground.
  11. 17. the growing and cultivation of trees.
  12. 19. the soft outer layers of recently formed wood between the heartwood and the bark, containing the functioning vascular tissue.
  13. 21. a small area of trees that can be used as fuel or to provide wood for building things.
  14. 24. (of a tree or shrub) shedding its leaves annually.
  15. 27. become or cause to become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or dampness.