All About Wood - Other

Wood, do I hear groans of boredom already? Try and stick around to read through this little exploration into the amazing world of wood. It is everywhere and it is the back bone to many of our everyday lives, you may be sitting on some of it right now! It might be holding your house up, itll definitely be part of your bedroom furniture, your dining room furniture or itll be storing your lawn mower in the garden.

Wood in its natural state is a hard fibrous tissue and when a tree is living, wood is essential in the transfer process of water and nutrients to the leaves of the tree and to other living nutrients. Wood is also the backbone so to speak and is there in a support capacity allowing trees to grow to humongous sizes.

There are generally two types of wood which are commonly known as hardwoods and soft woods; usually coniferous trees yield soft wood and flat leaved tress for example from an oak tree are hard woods. In terms of different tree species and their respective densities would be; balsa is exceptionally light and is good for model making and hobbies. A semi-hard wood like mahogany is perfect for fashioning bespoke and contemporary structures, like bedroom furniture.

Another interesting area where wood is used is in the construction of musical instruments. Instruments such as violin, recorder, xylophone and guitars are in some cases mostly made of wood. Wood is also commonly used as fuel, who does not like the smell and the sensation of sitting next to a burning, crackling wood fire?

There are over a hundred thousand estimated different species of tree in the world today and they play a crucial role in producing oxygen, reducing carbon monoxide and levelling ground temperatures. The tallest tree in the world just now although this has been of some controversy is the Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens): 379.1ft, which can be found in Redwood National Park, California, United States of America.

Many may find it hard to believe that trees are living being entities and indeed the list of trees that are extinct or are endangered are growing every decade. For example the common British hedgerow tree the Hawthorne is under threat this tree has been used for centuries in the UK for a multitude of reasons. For example Hawthorne leaves and berries can be used in a variety of herbal and medicinal ways.

The Hawthorne trees has large straight spikes and is ideal in hedgerows for keeping livestock in or in a garden for keeping people out. Another interesting fact about Hawthorne is that as firewood it is more coveted than oak as it burns extremely hot, enough to even melt iron.

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