IAWA list of microscopic features for softwood identification


The IAWA List for microscopic features for softwood identification enumerates, defines, illustrates and annotates 124 characters that are relevant for the microscopic description and identification of the secondary xylem of trees and shrubs belonging to the Pinopsida (conifers) and Ginkgoopsida. It is the long-awaited companion of the highly successful
IAWA List of microscopic features for hardwood identification published
in 1989 and now a muchused manual for teaching hardwood identification all over the world. The Softwood list is a worthy successor of E.W.J. Philips's Identification of Softwoods manual (1948). The exquisite micrographs by Dietger Grosser (Munich) beautifully illustrate each feature and make the list a userfriendly introduction to the recognition of all subtle microscopic softwood features. The numerical coding adopted make the list also suitable to model databases and interactive,
computer-assisted identification keys on. Above all the Softwood List will be a useful tool for training students in the arts of softwood identification and description.

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