For those who don’t know. Tinsel comes from the Old French word “estincele” meaning “sparkle.” It refers to a metallic, shiny fabric used to decorate. For Christmas trees, the tinsel would imitate the effect of ice or snow on a tree. It’s also why there was once a trend for ...
Trees like Maple, Oak, Beech, Chestnut, Elm, Hickory, ect. have big, broad leaves that are attached to the branch by a special stem called a petiole. What is the difference between a conifer and a broadleaf tree? In general, becausebroadleaf trees are slower growing their rings are clos...
The base material for modal rayon is cellulose from hardwood trees like birch and oak, but this raw tree material goes through a complex manufacturing process before it is rendered into a weavable fiber. This version of rayon represents a significant evolution in the history of this fabric. ...
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I know people love their large trees, and while it can be very easy to find some of the more common ones, large forests might need more diversity than just the ones you can find at one source. Some are more hidden or less obvious, so here is a thread for everyone who is looking fo...
Chips of hardwood like oak or birch are used as the raw materials for the cellulose that is used in this fabric. The trees used for these purposes are usually grown on managed tree farms. Once the trees arrive at a Tencel production facility, they are broken down into chips and loaded in...
Computer visualisations of two rubber trees reconstructed from terrestrial laser scanning data. Notice how the one on the left has broader, spreading branches, while the one on the right has a more upright form. There are many caveats to this study; don’t bother pulling it apart because we...
Birch – Betula pendula Roth, locust – Robinia pseudoacacia L., maple – Acer platanoides L., pine – Pinus sylvestris L., oak – Quercus robur L., red oak – Q. rubra L. Full size table Three sample trees were selected per plot, characterized by close to average height and thickness...
Many of the huge trees are between 400 to 800 years old and considered inhabited by 'kami' or 'the divine', meaning that they have as much importance as the shrine itself. The shrine itself is relatively small and sits in the shadow of the ragged peaks of Togakushi, rising to ...
are high in comparison with what found in other In a dynamic environment such as the alpine treeline, parentage studies on forest trees. In two studies carried the ratio between effective gene flow from outside and out on the wind-dispersed conifer P. pinaster, Gonzalez- from inside is the ...