| A | B |
|---|
| Conifers | Have needles and cones |
| Deciduous | Loose their leaves every year |
| Hardwood | Lumber from deciduous trees |
| Softwood | Lumber from coniferous trees |
| Heartwood | Inactive core of a tree |
| Xylem | Tissue that carries water and nutrients up |
| Phloem | Tissue that carries food to the roots, branches, etc. |
| Pulpwood | What paper is made from |
| Veneer | Thin slice of wood glued to cheap wood |
| Plywood | Thin slices of wood glued together |
| Clear Cutting | Harvesting all trees in an area |
| Shelterwood Cutting | Harvesting trees, but leaving enough to reseed and protect the wood lot |
| Selection Cutting | Harvesting all trees of a certain age |
| Diameter Limit Cutting | Harvesting all trees above a certain size |
| Seed-Tree Cutting | Harvesting only enough trees so that the remaining will reseed the lot |
| Warp | The bending of lumber |
| Seedlings | Small trees |
| Lumber | Boards from trees |
| Forest | Trees, shrubs, animals, plants, etc. |
| Cambium layer | Growth layer, also the annual ring |
