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3. plant leaves, collectively
5. plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel
6. cut down and remove every tree from an area
7. the volume of lumber
11. the branch of biology that is concerned with preserving genetic variation in plants and animals
14. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
16. the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves
17. tree or shrub shedding its leaves annually
18. a type of tree that’s NOT SOFT WOOD

1. a tree that bears cones and evergreen needlelike or scalelike leaves
2. the sound dogs make
4. a ruler for trees
7. the trunk of a tree
8. the scientific study of trees
9. tree tops
10. the dense inner part of a tree trunk, yielding the hardest timber
11. a cellular plant tissue from which phloem, xylem, or cork grows
12. a tree or plant with wide flat leaves
13. a sail
15. the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem