Trees and Timber
Date Published
1 November 2023
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Edinburgh Napier University
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Summary
Timber is a renewable construction material that comes from trees. Species of tree differ in their anatomy due to different evolutionary histories. These differences create timber with varying characteristics and properties.
Wood is a material that comes mostly (though not exclusively) from trees.
