Classification of Wood

Classification of Wood

The two types of wood we have are:

1. Hardwood: This type of wood is obtained from deciduous broad-leaved trees with seeds enclosed in the seed cases. Hardwood is more difficult to work on. It has a characteristics microstructure of the constituents. These constituents are the large spring vessels, summer vessels which are the large the large spring thick walls, fibers which are responsible for growth and rigidity of the wood and tracheid. Examples of hardwood are: Agba, Mansonia, Obeche, Teak, Mahogany, Iroko, Ekki (the hardest wood is known and sometimes referred to as iron wood because it cannot be nailed through).

• Softwood:
  

  

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