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Transverse section through a basswood stem

Legend:

1  border  late and early wood
3  vessel
4  ray
2  annual ring

English name: Basswood/linden
Scientific name: Tilia sp.
Familia: Tiliaceae
Classis: Dicotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae

Annual rings are visible in this cross-section through wood. The width of an annual ring indicates how much wood has been deposited within one year.