The tree
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Roughly 20% of the world’s land surface is covered by forest, either natural or planted. Within this, there are two main species of trees “deciduous” and “coniferous”.
As trees are sub-divided into two species “deciduos” and “coniferous”, the first one is known as “hardwood” and the second one as “softwood”.
Some “softwoods” are harder and more resistant to impact than many hardwoods.
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