Hello. If you were also asking about wood anatomy in general, for N. America:
Panshin, A.J., and Carl de Zeeuw
1970 Textbook of Wood Technology, third ed., vol. 1. Structure,
Identification, Uses, and Properties of the Commercial Woods of the
United States and Canada. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
P and de Z explains the terminology of wood anatomy very well.
Also, the IAWA List of Microscopic Features for Hardwood
Identification, by an IAWA Committee, E.A> Wheeler, P. Baas, and P.E.
Gasson (eds.) has great micrographs showing all different kinds of
features. It is a publication of the International Association of
Wood Anatomists:
IAWA Bulletin n.s. 10(3): 219-332
And another, more basic one is
Computer-Aided Wood Identification Reference Manual. Bulletin 474.
North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh NC 27695-7603 (1986). This one had diskettes
associated with it, too, for N. American trees, but the manual by
itself is useful if you want to learn the lingo of wood anatomy.
And for Europe and W. Asia, the best pix:
Schweingruber, F.H.
1990 Anatomie europäischer Hölzer/Anatomy of European Woods.
Verlag Paul Haupt, Bern and Stuttgart.
toodle-oo. Naomi.
>I am sure this question has gone out before so I apologize in advance for
>asking it again but if possible could someone post a few references, which
>would be good for someone looking to start doing wood charcoal
>identification.
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>Thank you (in advance)
>Julie Ross
>Department of Anthropology
>University of Toronto
>Toronto Ontario
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